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# pbmlife

> Apply Conway's Rules of Life to a PBM image.
> More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmlife.html>.

- Apply the Rules of Life to an input PBM image file for one generation and the output the result as a PBM image file:

`pbmlife {{path/to/file.pbm}}`

- Display version:

`pbmlife -version`