# phpman > man > brushtopbm(1)

> **TLDR:** Convert a Xerox doodle brush file into a PBM image.
>
- Generate a PBM file as output for a Xerox doodle brush file as input:
  `brushtopbm {{path/to/file.brush}}`
- Display version:
  `brushtopbm {{-v|-version}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       brushtopbm - convert a doodle brush file into a portable bitmap

## SYNOPSIS
       **brushtopbm** [_brushfile_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads a Xerox doodle brush file as input.  Produces a portable bitmap as output.

       Note that there is currently no pbmtobrush tool.

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

## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1988 by Jef Poskanzer.



                                           28 August 1988                              [brushtopbm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/brushtopbm/1/markdown)