base64-(1f) - [FUNIX:FILESYSTEM] encode/data specified file to stdout using base64 encoding as defined in RFC-4648 (LICENSE:MIT)
Synopsis
Description
Options
Example
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base64- [[ --decode] [ --ignore-garbage]]|[ --wrap COLS] [FILE] |[ --help|--version]
base64-(1f) encodes or decodes a a single file onto standard output.The data is encoded as described for the base64-alphabet-encoding in
With no FILE, or when FILE is "-", data is read from standard input.
RFC 4648. When decoding, whitespace characters on input are ignored. To ignore all bytes not in the formal base64 alphabet, use --ignore-garbage. This option will attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
filename name of file to encode --decode,-d decode instead of encode data --ignore-garbage,i when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters --wrap=COLS,-w COLS wrap encoded lines after COLS characters (default 76). Use 0 to disable line wrapping --version,-v Print version information on standard output then exit successfully. --help,-h Print usage information on standard output then exit successfully.
Sample commands
base64- input > output.base64
base64(1), uuencode(1), uudecode(1)
Nemo Release 3.1 | base64- (1) | February 23, 2025 |