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Re: Understanding this code



On Thursday, October 1, 2026 8:39:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time Todd Gruhn 
wrote:
> exec gm convert $1 -coalesce +adjoin $(pwd)/$2/frame-%d.png
> 
> What is 'gm'.  Is it part of NetBSD? Is it a
> pkg the needs to be installed??

gm is the command-line interface for graphics/GraphicsMagick, a utility 
for converting/modifying image files. In this case, I'm guessing it's 
being used to convert an animated GIF into its individual frames.

If you already have graphics/ImageMagick installed, replacing 'gm' with 
'magick' should net you the same result.

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