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Name

basenc — Encode/decode data and print to standard output

Synopsis

basenc [OPTION...] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

basenc encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.

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

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

−−base64

same as 'base64' program (RFC4648 section 4)

−−base64url

file− and url−safe base64 (RFC4648 section 5)

−−base32

same as 'base32' program (RFC4648 section 6)

−−base32hex

extended hex alphabet base32 (RFC4648 section 7)

−−base16

hex encoding (RFC4648 section 8)

−−base2msbf

bit string with most significant bit (msb) first

−−base2lsbf

bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first

−d, −−decode

decode data

−i, −−ignore−garbage

when decoding, ignore non−alphabet characters

−w, −−wrap=COLS/

wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76). Use 0 to disable line wrapping

−−z85

ascii85−like encoding (ZeroMQ spec:32/Z85); when encoding, input length must be a multiple of 4; when decoding, input length must be a multiple of 5

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal alphabet. Use −−ignore−garbage to attempt to recover from any other non−alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

ENCODINGS EXAMPLES

        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base64
        /k+C
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base64url
        _k-C
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base32
        7ZHYE===
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base32hex
        VP7O4===
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base16
        FE4F82
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base2lsbf
        011111111111001001000001
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202' | basenc −−base2msbf
        111111100100111110000010
        
        $ printf '\376\117\202\000' | basenc −−z85
        @.FaC

AUTHOR

Written by Simon Josefsson and Assaf Gordon.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) basenc invocation'

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.