# man > xbmtopbm(1)

> **TLDR:** Convert an X11 or X10 bitmap to a PBM image.
>
- Convert an XBM image to a PPM image:
  `xbmtopbm {{path/to/input_file.xbm}} > {{path/to/output_file.pbm}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       xbmtopbm - convert an X11 or X10 bitmap to a PBM image


## SYNOPSIS
### xbmtopbm

       [_bitmapfile_]


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

       **xbmtopbm **reads an X11 or X10 bitmap as input and produces a PBM image as output.


## OPTIONS
       There  are  no  command line options defined specifically for **xbmtopbm**, but it recognizes the
       options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See ]8;;index.html#commonoptions\ Common Options]8;;\ .)


## SEE ALSO
       [**pbmtoxbm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbmtoxbm/1/markdown), [**pbmtox10bm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbmtox10bm/1/markdown), [**pbm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pbm/1/markdown)


## AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1988 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/xbmtopbm.html>**

netpbm documentation                       31 August 1988                    _Xbmtopbm_ _User_ [_Manual_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/Manual/1/markdown)