# phpman > man > pnmsplit(1)

> **TLDR:** This command has been superseded by `pamsplit`.
>
- View documentation for the current command:
  `tldr pamsplit`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       pnmsplit - split a multi-image portable anymap into multiple single-image files

## SYNOPSIS
       **pnmsplit** [_pnmfile_[ _output_file_pattern_]]


## DESCRIPTION
       Reads  a  Netpbm  file as input.  Copies each image in the input into a separate file, in the
       same format.

       _pnmfile_ is the file specification of the input file, or **-** to indicate  Standard  Input.   The
       default is Standard Input.

       _output_file_pattern_  tells how to name the output files.  It is the file specification of the
       output file, except that the first occurence of "%d" in it is replaced by the image  sequence
       number  in  unpadded  ASCII decimal, with the sequence starting at 0.  If there is no "%d" in
       the pattern, **pnmsplit** fails.

       The default output file pattern is "image%d".

       Note that to do the reverse operation (combining  multiple  single-image  PNM  files  into  a
       multi-image one), there is no special Netpbm program.  Just use **cat**.


## SEE ALSO
       [**pnm**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnm/5/markdown), [**cat**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cat/1/markdown)


## AUTHOR
       Written by Bryan Henderson



                                            19 June 2000                                 [pnmsplit(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmsplit/1/markdown)