---
name: "plm2gif"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "plplot-bin"
version: "5.9.0-8"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/plm2gif"
---

# plm2gif(1)

converts PLplot metafiles to GIF files

## NAME

plm2gif - converts PLplot metafiles to GIF files

## SYNOPSIS

**plm2gif** *\[files\]*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **plm2gif** command.

**plm2gif** is a program that Converts specified PLplot metafiles to GIF format files.  This is a two-step process: 1. process into postscript (with custom flags); and 2. convert to GIF using ghostscript (more custom flags).

Each input file must end with  *.plm* , and a corresponding family of GIF files ending with  *\<number\>.gif* (one for each page) is created.

## SEE ALSO

See /usr/share/doc/plplot/plplot.ps.gz for more details.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Rafael Laboissiere \<rafael@debian.org\>.