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base64 (1)

Name

base64 - base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output

Synopsis

base64 [OPTION]... [FILE]

Description




User Commands                                           BASE64(1)



NAME
     base64  -  base64  encode/decode  data and print to standard
     output

SYNOPSIS
     base64 [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard
     output.

     -d, --decode
          decode data

     -i, --ignore-garbage
          when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters

     -w, --wrap=COLS
          wrap  encoded  lines after COLS character (default 76).
          Use 0 to disable line wrapping

     --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.

AUTHOR
     Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report base64 bugs to [email protected]
     GNU coreutils home page:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General  help  using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report base64 translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (C)  2012 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



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     redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  per-
     mitted by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     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.



NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community  website  at  http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.




















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