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 bug-coreutils@gnu.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/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2011 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.
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.