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Apply Conway's Rules of Life to a PBM image.

Apply the Rules of Life to an input PBM image file for one generation and the output the result as a PBM image file
pbmlife {{path/to/file.pbm}}
Display version
pbmlife {{-v|-version}}

pbmlife(1)                             General Commands Manual                            pbmlife(1)



NAME
       pbmlife - apply Conway's rules of Life to a portable bitmap

SYNOPSIS
       pbmlife [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a  portable  bitmap as input.  Applies the rules of Life to it for one generation, and
       produces a portable bitmap as output.

       A white pixel in the image is interpreted as a live beastie, and a black pixel  as  an  empty
       space.

SEE ALSO
       pbm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.



                                          21 February 1991                                pbmlife(1)

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