---
name: "rgb2pat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xautomation"
version: "1.09-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rgb2pat"
---

# rgb2pat(1)

Converts an image file from 24-bit RGB to PAT format.

## NAME

rgb2pat - Converts an image file from 24-bit RGB to PAT format.

## SYNOPSIS

**rgb2pat** *infile width height*

## DESCRIPTION

**rgb2pat** is a program that converts an image file from 24-bit RGB to PAT format.

infile is an 24-bit RGB file of width/height; the resulting .pat file is written to stdout. The file can be used with **[visgrep(1)](/visgrep/1.md)** to scrape screen content.

## OPTIONS

This command does not have any options.

## SEE ALSO

[**pat2ppm**(1)](/pat2ppm/1.md), [**patextract**(1)](/patextract/1.md), [**png2pat**(1)](/png2pat/1.md), [**visgrep**(1)](/visgrep/1.md), [**xte**(1)](/xte/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**rgb2pat** was written by Steve Slaven \<bpk@hoopajoo.net\>.

This manual page was written by Aurelien Jarno \<aurel32@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).