1uuencode(1) User Commands uuencode(1)
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6 uuencode - encode a file into email friendly text
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9 uuencode [-flag [value]]... [--opt-name[[=| ]value]]... [ in-file ]
10 output-name
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13 uuencode is used to create an ASCII representation of a file that can
14 be sent over channels that may otherwise corrupt the data. Specifi‐
15 cally, email cannot handle binary data and will often even insert a
16 character when the six character sequence "0rom " is seen. uuencode
17 will read in-file if provided and otherwise read data from standard in
18 and write the encoded form to standard out. The output will begin with
19 a header line for use by uudecode giving it the resulting suggested
20 file output-name and access mode. If the output-name is specifically
21 /dev/stdout, then uudecode will emit the decoded file to standard out.
22 Note: uuencode uses buffered input and assumes that it is not hand
23 typed from a tty. The consequence is that at a tty, you may need to
24 hit Ctl-D several times to terminate input.
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27 -m, --base64
28 convert using base 64.
29 By default, uuencode will encode using the traditional conver‐
31 sion. It is slower and less compact than base 64. The encoded
32 form of the file is expanded by 37% for UU encoding and by 35%
33 for base64 encoding (3 bytes become 4 plus control information).
34 -e, --encode-file-name
36 encode the output file name.
37 Since output file names may contain characters that are not han‐
39 dled well by various transmission modes, you may specify that
40 the output-name be hex encoded as well.
41 -h, --help
43 Display usage information and exit.
44 -!, --more-help
46 Pass the extended usage information through a pager.
47 -R [rcfile], --save-opts[=rcfile]
49 Save the option state to rcfile. The default is the last con‐
50 figuration file listed in the OPTION PRESETS section, below.
51 -r rcfile, --load-opts=rcfile, --no-load-opts
53 Load options from rcfile. The no-load-opts form will disable
54 the loading of earlier RC/INI files. --no-load-opts is handled
55 early, out of order.
56 -v [{v|c|n}], --version[={v|c|n}]
58 Output version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a
59 simple version. The `c' mode will print copyright information
60 and `n' will print the full copyright notice.
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63 Any option that is not marked as not presettable may be preset by load‐
64 ing values from configuration ("RC" or ".INI") file(s). The file
65 "$HOME/.sharrc" will be used, if present.
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68 This implementation is compliant with P1003.2b/D11.
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71 See OPTION PRESETS for configuration files.
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74 One of the following exit values will be returned:
75 0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)
77 Successful program execution.
78 1 (EXIT_FAILURE)
80 The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
81 66 (EX_NOINPUT)
83 A specified configuration file could not be loaded.
84 70 (EX_SOFTWARE)
86 libopts had an internal operational error. Please report it to
87 autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net. Thank you.
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90 uudecode(1)
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93 The uuencode command first appeared in BSD 4.0.
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96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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99 Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. all rights
100 reserved. This program is released under the terms of the GNU General
101 Public License, version 3 or later.
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104 Please put sharutils in the subject line for emailed bug reports. It
105 helps to spot the message.
106 The output file name must not begin with the 11 character sequence:
108 hex-encode:
109 unless you specify the -h (encode-file-name) option.
110 Please send bug reports to: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org
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114 This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the uuencode option defini‐
115 tions.
116GNU sharutils (4.13.3) 06 Jan 2013 uuencode(1)