{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "bioradtopgm",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bioradtopgm/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T00:32:22Z",
    "synopsis": "bioradtopgm [-image#] [imagedata]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "bioradtopgm - convert a Biorad confocal file into a portable graymap\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "bioradtopgm [-image#] [imagedata]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Reads  a  Biorad  confocal file as input.  Produces a portable graymap as output.  If the re‐\nsulting image is upside down, run it through pnmflip -tb .\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-image#",
                    "content": "A Biorad image file may contain more than one image.  With this flag, you can  specify\nwhich  image  to extract (only one at a time).  The first image in the file has number\nzero.  If no image number is supplied, only information about the image size  and  the\nnumber of images in the input is printed out.  No output is produced.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "pgm(5), pnmflip(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Copyright (C) 1993 by Oliver Trepte\n\n\n\n28 June 1993                              bioradtopgm(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "bioradtopgm - convert a Biorad confocal file into a portable graymap",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "A Biorad image file may contain more than one image. With this flag, you can specify which image to extract (only one at a time). The first image in the file has number zero. If no image number is supplied, only information about the image size and the number of images in the input is printed out. No output is produced."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "pgm",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pgm/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pnmflip",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmflip/1/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Convert a Biorad confocal file into a PGM file.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Read a Biorad confocal file and store the n'th image contained in it to as a PGM file",
                "command": "bioradtopgm -{{n}} {{path/to/file.pic}} > {{path/to/file.pgm}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Read a Biorad confocal file and print the number of images it contains",
                "command": "bioradtopgm {{path/to/file.pic}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Display version",
                "command": "bioradtopgm {{-v|-version}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}