base64 - base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
base64 [OPTION]... [FILE]
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 base64 translation bugs to <https://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2018 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) base64 invocation'
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core-
utils-8.30.tar.xz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils.
GNU coreutils 8.30 July 2018 BASE64(1)