uu_base64 - Man Page
Name
base64 — encode/decode data and print to standard output 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.
Synopsis
base64 [-d|--decode] [-i|--ignore-garbage] [-w|--wrap] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file]
Description
encode/decode data and print to standard output 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.
Options
- -d, --decode
decode data
- -i, --ignore-garbage
when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters
- -w, --wrap <COLS>
wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)
- -h, --help
Print help
- -V, --version
Print version
[file]
Version
v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0