1BASE64(1)                        User Commands                       BASE64(1)
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NAME

6       base64 - base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
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SYNOPSIS

9       base64 [OPTION] [FILE]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
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14       -w, --wrap=COLS
15              Wrap  encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).  Use 0 to
16              disable line wrapping.
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18       -d, --decode
19              Decode data.
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21       -i, --ignore-garbage
22              When decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters.
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24       --help Display this help and exit.
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26       --version
27              Output version information and exit.
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29       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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31       The data are encoded as described for the base64 alphabet in RFC  3548.
32       When  decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes
33       of the formal base64 alphabet.   Use  --ignore-garbage  to  attempt  to
34       recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
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AUTHOR

37       Written by Simon Josefsson.
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REPORTING BUGS

40       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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43       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
44       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
45       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
46       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
47       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

50       The full documentation for base64 is maintained as  a  Texinfo  manual.
51       If  the  info  and base64 programs are properly installed at your site,
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56       should give you access to the complete manual.
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60GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                         BASE64(1)
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