# pnmtoxwd - man(1) - [phpMan]

> **TLDR:** Convert a PNM file into an X11 window dump file.
>
- Convert a PNM image file to XWD:
  `pnmtoxwd {{path/to/input_file.pnm}} > {{path/to/output_file.xwd}}`
- Produce the output in the DirectColor format:
  `pnmtoxwd {{-d|-directcolor}} {{path/to/input_file.pnm}} > {{path/to/output_file.xwd}}`
- Set the color depth of the output to b bits:
  `pnmtoxwd {{-ps|-pseudodepth}} {{b}} {{path/to/input_file.pnm}} > {{path/to/output_file.xwd}}`

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## NAME
       pnmtoxwd - convert a PNM into an X11 window dump


## SYNOPSIS
### pnmtoxwd

       [**-pseudodepth _**n_]

       [**-directcolor**]

       [_pnmfile_]


## DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of [**Netpbm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/Netpbm/1/markdown).

       **pnmtoxwd  **reads a PNM image as input and produces an X11 window dump as output.  You can dis‐
       play this output with **xwud**.

       Normally, pnmtoxwd produces a StaticGray dump file for PBM and PGM files.  For PPM, it writes
       a PseudoColor dump file if there are up to 256 colors in the input, and  a  DirectColor  dump
       file otherwise.

       In  an  X11  window dump file, various integers can be represented in either big endian (most
       significant byte first) or little endian code.  Those generated by **pnmtoxwd  **are  always  big
       endian.


## OPTIONS
       In  addition  to  the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably **-quiet**,
       see [ Common Options](index.html#commonoptions) ), **pnmtoxwd **recognizes the following command line options:



### -directcolor

              Output in DirectColor format.


### -pseudodepth _

              Set the depth of PseudoColor dump in bits.  Values between 1 to 16 are accepted.   De‐
              fault is 8 (for a maximum of 256 colors.)




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


## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.

## DOCUMENT SOURCE
       This  manual  page  was  generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master
       documentation is at

              **<http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pnmtoxwd.html>**

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