1BASENC(1) User Commands BASENC(1)
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6 basenc - Encode/decode data and print to standard output
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9 basenc [OPTION]... [FILE]
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12 basenc encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
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14 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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19 --base64
20 same as 'base64' program (RFC4648 section 4)
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22 --base64url
23 file- and url-safe base64 (RFC4648 section 5)
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26 same as 'base32' program (RFC4648 section 6)
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29 extended hex alphabet base32 (RFC4648 section 7)
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32 hex encoding (RFC4648 section 8)
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35 bit string with most significant bit (msb) first
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38 bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first
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40 -d, --decode
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43 -i, --ignore-garbage
44 when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters
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46 -w, --wrap=COLS
47 wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76). Use 0 to
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50 --z85 ascii85-like encoding (ZeroMQ spec:32/Z85); when encoding, input
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54 --help display this help and exit
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57 output version information and exit
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59 When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes
60 of the formal alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover
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64 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base64
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67 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base64url
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70 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base32
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73 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base32hex
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76 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base16
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79 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base2lsbf
80 011111111111001001000001
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82 $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base2msbf
83 111111100100111110000010
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85 $ printf '\376\117\202\000' | basenc --z85
86 @.FaC
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89 Written by Simon Josefsson and Assaf Gordon.
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92 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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96 Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
97 GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
98 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
99 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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102 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc>
103 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) basenc invocation'
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107GNU coreutils 8.32 June 2021 BASENC(1)