base64
base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
Synopsis
base64
[OPTION]... [FILE]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
echo TFpTQgo= | base64 -d
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.
copyright
Copyright © 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 redistribute
it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
reporting bugs
Report base64 bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report base64 translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
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.
author
Written by
Simon Josefsson.