# phpman > man > pbmlife(1)

> **TLDR:** 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}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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

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



                                          21 February 1991                                [pbmlife(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbmlife/1/markdown)