basenc(1)

1BASENC(1)                        User Commands                       BASENC(1)
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NAME

6       basenc - Encode/decode data and print to standard output
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SYNOPSIS

9       basenc [OPTION]... [FILE]
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DESCRIPTION

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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16       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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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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25       --base32
26              same as 'base32' program (RFC4648 section 6)
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28       --base32hex
29              extended hex alphabet base32 (RFC4648 section 7)
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31       --base16
32              hex encoding (RFC4648 section 8)
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34       --base2msbf
35              bit string with most significant bit (msb) first
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37       --base2lsbf
38              bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first
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40       -d, --decode
41              decode data
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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
51              length must be a multiple of 4; when decoding, input length must
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54       --help display this help and exit
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56       --version
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
61       from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
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ENCODINGS EXAMPLES

64              $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base64
65              /k+C
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67              $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base64url
68              _k-C
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70              $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base32
71              7ZHYE===
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73              $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc --base32hex
74              VP7O4===
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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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AUTHOR

89       Written by Simon Josefsson and Assaf Gordon.
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REPORTING BUGS

92       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
93       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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COPYRIGHT

96       Copyright  ©  2023  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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