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

# pnmcat(1)

replaced by pamcat

## NAME

pnmcat - replaced by pamcat

## DESCRIPTION

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

**pnmcat** was obsoleted by [**pamcat**(1)](/pamcat/1.md) , introduced with Netpbm 11.00 (September 2022).  **pamcat** is backward compatible with **pnmcat**, plus adds many additional functions, including the ability to process PAM images.

In Netpbm before 11.00, use the manual for **pamcat** with **pnmcat**.  Features that are in **pamcat** but not **pnmcat** are indicated by statements that they didn't exist before 11.00.

## 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/pnmcat.html**