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.

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

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

       -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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The  data  are  encoded  as  described for the base64 alphabet in RFC 4648.  When decoding, the input may
       contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal base64 alphabet.  Use --ignore-garbage to attempt
       to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

AUTHOR

       Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report base64 translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2016  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <http://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.

SEE ALSO

       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) base64 invocation'