---
name: "pbmtowbmp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netpbm"
version: "10.86.51-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pbmtowbmp"
---

# pbmtowbmp(1)

convert a PBM image to a wireless bitmap (wbmp) file

## NAME

pbmtowbmp - convert a PBM image to a wireless bitmap (wbmp) file

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtowbmp** \[*pbmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is part of **Netpbm**(1) .

**pbmtowbmp** reads a PBM image as input and produces a wbmp file as output.

## OPTIONS

There are no command line options defined specifically for **pbmtowbmp**, but it recognizes the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See \
  Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ .)

## LIMITATIONS

**pbmtowbmp** can generate only WBMP type 0. This is the only type specified in the WAP 1.1 specifications.

## SEE ALSO

**pbm**(1) , [**wbmptopbm**(1)](/wbmptopbm/1.md) ,

**Wireless Application Environment Specification**.

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1999 Terje Sannum \<*terje@looplab.com*\>.

## DOCUMENT SOURCE

This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master documentation is at

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  **http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtowbmp.html**