linux man page for pgmslice

pgmslice(1)						      General Commands Manual						       pgmslice(1)

NAME
       pgmslice - extract one line of pixel values out of a portable graymap

SYNOPSIS
       pgmslice -row|-col line [pgmfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Extracts  one  line  of	pixel values out of a portable graymap and outputs it in a two column ascii format, with the first value being the
       pixel's position in the line and the second value the pixel's greyscale value. This is useful for making cross sections through, for  exam-
       ple, greyscale CCD images.

OPTIONS
       -row   Extract a row of pixels

       -col   Extract a column of pixels

SEE ALSO
       pgm(5)

AUTHOR
       pgmslice  was  written by Jos Dingjan <jos@tuatha.org> after being unable to find the source code to Marco Beijersbergen's program with the
       same name.

								    22 May 2000 						       pgmslice(1)