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

# pnmtosir(1)

convert a PNM image into a Solitaire format

## NAME

pnmtosir - convert a PNM image into a Solitaire format

## SYNOPSIS

**pnmtosir**

\[*pnmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**pnmtosir** reads a PNM image as input and produces a Solitaire Image Recorder format image.

**pnmtosir** produces an MGI TYPE 17 file for PBM and PGM files.  For PPM, it writes a MGI TYPE 11 file.

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

[**sirtopnm**(1)](/sirtopnm/1.md) , **pnm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1991 by Marvin Landis.

## 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/pnmtosir.html**