Provided by: coreutils_9.1-1ubuntu2.23.10.1_amd64
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
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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.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) basenc invocation'