User Commands                                           BASE64(1)



NAME
     base64 - base64 encode/decode data  and  print  to  standard
     output

SYNOPSIS
     base64 [OPTION] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard
     output.

     -w, --wrap=COLS
          Wrap encoded lines after COLS character  (default  76).
          Use 0 to disable line wrapping.

     -d, --decode
          Decode data.

     -i, --ignore-garbage
          When decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters.

     --help
          Display this help and exit.

     --version
          Output version information and exit.

     With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

     The data are encoded as described for the base64 alphabet in
     RFC  3548.  Decoding require compliant input by default, use
     --ignore-garbage to attempt  to  recover  from  non-alphabet
     characters (such as newlines) in the encoded stream.

AUTHOR
     Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for base64 is maintained as a Texinfo
     manual.   If  the  info  and  base64  programs  are properly
     installed at your site, the command




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          info base64

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.




































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