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
       recover 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/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2024 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
       basenc(1)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) base64 invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.5                 August 2024                        BASE64(1)