# phpman > man > pnmtosir(1)

> **TLDR:** Convert a PNM file to a Solitaire Image Recorder file.
>
- Convert a PNM image to a SIR image:
  `pnmtosir {{path/to/input.pnm}} > {{path/to/output.sir}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

---

[pnmtosir(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmtosir/1/markdown)                            General Commands Manual                           [pnmtosir(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmtosir/1/markdown)



## NAME
       pnmtosir - convert a portable anymap into a Solitaire format

## SYNOPSIS
       **pnmtosir** [_pnmfile_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Reads a portable anymap as input.  Produces a Solitaire Image Recorder format.

       pnmtosir  produces  an MGI TYPE 17 file for _pbm_ and _pgm_ files.  For _ppm_, it writes a MGI TYPE
       11 file.

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

## BUGS
## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1991 by Marvin Landis.




                                            20 March 1991                                [pnmtosir(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pnmtosir/1/markdown)