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

# ppmtopuzz(1)

convert a PPM image to an X11 "puzzle" file

## NAME

ppmtopuzz - convert a PPM image to an X11 "puzzle" file

## SYNOPSIS

**ppmtopuzz**

\[*ppmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**ppmtopuzz** reads a PPM image as input and produces an X11 "puzzle" file as output.  A "puzzle" file is for use with the **puzzle** program included with the X11 distribution. **puzzle**'s **-picture** option lets you specify an image file.

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

**ppm**(1) ,  **puzzle**

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1991 by 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/ppmtopuzz.html**