BASE64(1) 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.
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 re-
cover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
AUTHOR
Written by Simon Josefsson.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) base64 invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.1 September 2022 BASE64(1)
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