pbmlife(1)                                             pbmlife(1)


NAME
       pbmlife  -  apply  Conway's  rules  of  Life to a portable
       bitmap

SYNOPSIS
       pbmlife [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Reads a portable bitmap as input.  Applies  the  rules  of
       Life  to  it  for  one generation, and produces a portable
       bitmap as output.

       A white pixel in  the  image  is  interpreted  as  a  live
       beastie, and a black pixel as an empty space.

SEE ALSO
       pbm(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1988, 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.





































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