diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/file.c b/sys/src/cmd/file.c
index b92f088ad..ee6db10b4 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/file.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/file.c
@@ -828,7 +828,11 @@ struct	FILE_STRING
 	"OggS",			"ogg audio",		4,	"audio/ogg",
 	".snd",			"sun audio",		4,	"audio/basic",
 	"\211PNG",		"PNG image",		4,	"image/png",
+	"P1\n",			"ppm",				3,	"image/ppm",
+	"P2\n",			"ppm",				3,	"image/ppm",
 	"P3\n",			"ppm",				3,	"image/ppm",
+	"P4\n",			"ppm",				3,	"image/ppm",
+	"P5\n",			"ppm",				3,	"image/ppm",
 	"P6\n",			"ppm",				3,	"image/ppm",
 	"/* XPM */\n",	"xbm",				10,	"image/xbm",
 	".HTML ",		"troff -ms input",	6,	"text/troff",
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/jpg/writeppm.c b/sys/src/cmd/jpg/writeppm.c
index bf32f0d25..9d4c92d07 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/jpg/writeppm.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/jpg/writeppm.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ writedata(Biobuf *fd, Image *image, Memimage *memimage)
 				pix = (data[i]>>depth*((xmask-x)&xmask))&pmask;
 				if(((x+1)&xmask) == 0)
 					i++;
-				col += Bprint(fd, "%d ", pix);
+				col += Bprint(fd, "%d", pix);
 				if(col >= MAXLINE-(2+1)){
 					Bprint(fd, "\n");
 					col = 0;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ writedata(Biobuf *fd, Image *image, Memimage *memimage)
 		break;
 	case	GREY8:
 		for(i=0; i<ndata; i++){
-			col += Bprint(fd, "%d ", data[i]);
+			col += Bprint(fd, "%d", data[i]);
 			if(col >= MAXLINE-(4+1)){
 				Bprint(fd, "\n");
 				col = 0;