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.	 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
     Report base64 bugs	to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.



GNU coreutils 7.4     Last change: May 2009			1






User Commands						BASE64(1)



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

	  info coreutils base64	invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.















































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