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

# xbmtopbm(1)

convert an X11 or X10 bitmap to a PBM image

## NAME

xbmtopbm - convert an X11 or X10 bitmap to a PBM image

## SYNOPSIS

**xbmtopbm**

\[*bitmapfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**xbmtopbm** reads an X11 or X10 bitmap as input and produces a PBM image as output.

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

[**pbmtoxbm**(1)](/pbmtoxbm/1.md) ,  [**pbmtox10bm**(1)](/pbmtox10bm/1.md) ,  **pbm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1988 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/xbmtopbm.html**