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base64 - base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
base64
[OPTION] [FILE]
Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input,
to standard output.
- -w, --wrap=COLS
- Wrap encoded lines after COLS character
(default 76). Use 0 to disable line wrapping.
- -d, --decode
- Decode data.
- -i, --ignore-garbage
- When decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters.
- --help
- Display this help and
exit.
- --version
- Output version information and exit.
With no FILE, or when
FILE is -, read standard input.
The data are encoded as described for the
base64 alphabet in RFC 3548. When decoding, the input may contain newlines
in addition to the bytes of the formal base64 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage
to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
Written by Simon Josefsson.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
The full documentation
for base64 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and base64 programs
are properly installed at your site, the command
- info coreutils ’base64
invocation’
should give you access to the complete manual.
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