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.TH BASE64 "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
base64 \- base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B base64
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decode\fR
decode data
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-garbage\fR
when decoding, ignore non\-alphabet characters
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wrap\fR=\fICOLS\fR
wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).
Use 0 to disable line wrapping
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.PP
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 \fB\-\-ignore\-garbage\fR to attempt to recover
from any other non\-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Simon Josefsson.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report base64 bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report base64 translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B base64
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B base64
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqbase64 invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.