base64 - base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
base64 [
OPTION]... [
FILE]
Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-
-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
The data are encoded as described for the base64 alphabet in RFC 4648. 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.
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Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Full documentation <
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) base64 invocation'