# phpman > info > hipstopgm

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NAME
       hipstopgm - convert a HIPS file into a portable graymap

SYNOPSIS
       hipstopgm [hipsfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads a HIPS file as input.  Produces a portable graymap as output.

       If  the  HIPS  file contains more than one frame in sequence, hipstopgm
       will concatenate all the frames vertically.

       HIPS is a format developed at the Human Information Processing  Labora-
       tory, NYU.

SEE ALSO
       [pgm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pgm/5/markdown)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.

                                 24 August 89                     [hipstopgm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/hipstopgm/1/markdown)