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

# pbmtoybm(1)

convert a PBM image into a Bennet Yee "face" file

## NAME

pbmtoybm - convert a PBM image into a Bennet Yee "face" file

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtoybm**

\[*pbmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**pbmtoybm** reads a PBM image as input and produces as output a file acceptable to the **face** and **xbm** programs by Bennet Yee (*bsy+@cs.cmu.edu*).

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1991 by Jamie Zawinski and Jef Poskanzer.

## 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/pbmtoybm.html**