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.