{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "pbmlife",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbmlife/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-07-05T11:55:34Z",
    "synopsis": "pbmlife [pbmfile]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "pbmlife - apply Conway's rules of Life to a portable bitmap\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "pbmlife [pbmfile]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Reads  a  portable  bitmap as input.  Applies the rules of Life to it for one generation, and\nproduces a portable bitmap as output.\n\nA white pixel in the image is interpreted as a live beastie, and a black pixel  as  an  empty\nspace.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "pbm(5)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.\n\n\n\n21 February 1991                                pbmlife(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "pbmlife - apply Conway's rules of Life to a portable bitmap",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "pbm",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbm/5/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "official",
        "description": "Apply Conway's Rules of Life to a PBM image.",
        "examples": [
            {
                "description": "Apply the Rules of Life to an input PBM image file for one generation and the output the result as a PBM image file",
                "command": "pbmlife {{path/to/file.pbm}}"
            },
            {
                "description": "Display version",
                "command": "pbmlife {{-v|-version}}"
            }
        ]
    }
}