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.TH "Pbmlife User Manual" 0 "21 February 1991" "netpbm documentation"

.SH NAME

pbmlife - apply Conway's rules of Life to a PBM image

.UN synopsis
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBpbmlife\fP
[\fIpbmfile\fP]

.UN description
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This program is part of
.BR Netpbm (1)
.
.PP
\fBpbmlife\fP reads a PBM image as input, applies the rules
of Life to it for one generation, and produces a PBM image as output.
.PP
A white pixel in the image is interpreted as a live beastie, and a
black pixel as an empty space.

.UN seealso
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pbm (5)


.UN author
.SH AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.