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

# ybmtopbm(1)

convert a Bennet Yee "face" file to PBM

## NAME

ybmtopbm - convert a Bennet Yee "face" file to PBM

## SYNOPSIS

**ybmtopbm**

\[*facefile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**ymtopbm** reads a file acceptable to the **face** and **xbm** programs by Bennet Yee (*bsy+@cs.cmu.edu*) and writes a PBM image as output.

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

[**pbmtoybm**(1)](/pbmtoybm/1.md) ,  **pbm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1991 by Jamie Zawinski and 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/ybmtopbm.html**