# man > pbmtoybm(1)

> **TLDR:** Convert a PBM file to a Bennet Yee "face" file.
>
- Convert a PBM image file to YBM:
  `pbmtoybm {{path/to/input_file.pbm}} > {{path/to/output_file.ybm}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       pbmtoybm - convert a portable bitmap into a Bennet Yee "face" file

## SYNOPSIS
       **pbmtoybm** [_pbmfile_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a  portable bitmap as input.  Produces as output a file acceptable to the _face_ and _xbm_
       programs by Bennet Yee (bsy+@cs.cmu.edu).

## SEE ALSO
       [ybmtopbm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ybmtopbm/1/markdown), [pbm(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbm/5/markdown), [face(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/face/1/markdown), [face(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/face/5/markdown), [xbm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/xbm/1/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1991 by Jamie Zawinski and Jef Poskanzer.



                                            06 March 1990                                [pbmtoybm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbmtoybm/1/markdown)