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2 .TH BASE64 "1" "October 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.20" "User Commands"
4 base64 \- base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]
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11 Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
13 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decode\fR
16 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-garbage\fR
17 when decoding, ignore non\-alphabet characters
19 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wrap\fR=\fICOLS\fR
20 wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).
21 Use 0 to disable line wrapping
24 display this help and exit
27 output version information and exit
29 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
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 of
33 the formal base64 alphabet. Use \fB\-\-ignore\-garbage\fR to attempt to recover
34 from any other non\-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
36 Written by Simon Josefsson.
38 Report base64 bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
40 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
42 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
44 Report base64 translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
46 Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
47 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
49 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
50 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
52 The full documentation for
54 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
58 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
60 .B info coreutils \(aqbase64 invocation\(aq
62 should give you access to the complete manual.