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# pamslice

> Extract one line of values out of a PAM image.
> More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamslice.html>.

- Print the values of the pixels in the n'th row in a table:

`pamslice -row {{n}} {{path/to/image.pam}}`

- Print the values of the pixels in the n'th column in a table:

`pamslice -column {{n}} {{path/to/image.pam}}`

- Consider the m'th plane of the input image only:

`pamslice -row {{n}} -plane {{m}} {{path/to/image.pam}}`

- Produce output in a format suitable for input to an `xmgr` for visualisation:

`pamslice -row {{n}} -xmgr {{path/to/image.pam}}`
