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

# rlatopam(1)

convert Alias/Wavefront RLA and RPF image files to PAM image files.

## NAME

rlatopam - convert Alias/Wavefront RLA and RPF image files to PAM image files.

## SYNOPSIS

**rlatopam**

\[*rlafile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**rlatopam** converts an Alias RLA (run-length encoded type A) or RPF (rich pixel format) image to a PAM image file.  The output PAM file can be grayscale or RGB, with or without a transparency channel.

*rlafile* is the file name of the input file.  If you omit this parameter, **rlatopam** reads the image from Standard Input.

There is no program in Netpbm that converts the other direction.x

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

**pam**(1)

## HISTORY

**rlatopam** was new in Netpbm 10.32 (February 2006).

## AUTHOR

Simon Walton Matte World Digital

## 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/rlatopam.html**