---
name: "pentobi-thumbnailer"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "pentobi"
version: "22.1-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pentobi-thumbnailer"
---

# pentobi-thumbnailer(6)

thumbnailer for game records for the board game Blokus as used by the program Pentobi

## NAME

pentobi-thumbnailer - thumbnailer for game records for the board game Blokus as used by the program Pentobi

## SYNOPSIS

**pentobi-thumbnailer** \[**-s** \| **--size** *n*\] *inputfile* *outputfile*

**pentobi-thumbnailer** **-h** \| **--help**

**pentobi-thumbnailer** **-v** \| **--version**

## DESCRIPTION

**pentobi-thumbnailer** is part of the program Pentobi and intended to be used as a thumbnailer for the Gnome desktop environment to generate previews of game files written by Pentobi.

The input file is a game file in Pentobi's SGF format as documented in Pentobi-SGF.md in the Pentobi source package. The output file is a thumbnail image in PNG format.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help and exit.

- **-s** *n*, **--size** *n*

  The size of the thumbnail. The default is 128.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Display version and exit.

## EXIT STATUS

0 if the thumbnail generation succeeds, 1 on error.

## SEE ALSO

**pentobi**