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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "pfmtopam",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pfmtopam/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-20T15:57:59Z",
    "synopsis": "pfmtopam [-maxval=n] [-verbose] [imagefile]\nAll  options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.  You may use two hyphens in‐\nstead of one.  You may separate an option name and its value with white space instead  of  an\nequals sign.",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "pfmtopam - Convert PFM (Portable Float Map) image to Netpbm format\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "pfmtopam [-maxval=n] [-verbose] [imagefile]\n\nAll  options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix.  You may use two hyphens in‐\nstead of one.  You may separate an option name and its value with white space instead  of  an\nequals sign.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This program is part of Netpbm(1).\n\npfmtopam reads a PFM (Portable Float Map) image and converts it to PAM.\n\nSee pamtopfm(1) for a description of PFM.\n\nIf you want one of the older, more portable Netpbm formats, run the output through pamtopnm.\n\npamtopfm  creates  a PAM with tuple type \"RGB\" or \"GRAYSCALE\" depending on whether or not the\nPFM is in the color subformat.\n\nUse pamtopfm(1) to convert a PFM image to Netpbm format.\n\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm  (most  notably  -quiet,\nsee  Common Options ), pfmtopam recognizes the following command line options:\n\n\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-maxval=_",
                    "content": "This specifies the maxval for the PAM.  Default is 255.\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-verbose",
                    "content": "This causes pfmtopam to display messages describing\nthe PFM input file.\n\n\n\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "pamtopfm(1), pam(1),\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "HISTORY": {
            "content": "pfmtopam was added to Netpbm in Release 10.22 (April 2004).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DOCUMENT SOURCE": {
            "content": "This  manual  page  was  generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master\ndocumentation is at\n\nhttp://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pfmtopam.html\n\nnetpbm documentation                        10 April 2004                    Pfmtopam User Manual(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "pfmtopam - Convert PFM (Portable Float Map) image to Netpbm format",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "This specifies the maxval for the PAM. Default is 255."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "This causes pfmtopam to display messages describing the PFM input file."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "pamtopfm",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pamtopfm/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "pam",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pam/1/json"
        }
    ],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "not_found",
        "examples": []
    }
}