NAME

base64 - encode/decode data and print to standard output 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.

SYNOPSIS

base64 [-d|--decode] [-i|--ignore-garbage] [-w|--wrap] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file]

DESCRIPTION

encode/decode data and print to standard output 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.

OPTIONS

-d, --decode

decode data

-i, --ignore-garbage

when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters

-w, --wrap=COLS

wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[file]

VERSION

v0.0.28