tldr/pages/common/base64.md

25 lines
585 B
Markdown
Raw Normal View History

2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
# base64
> Encode or decode file or `stdin` to/from Base64, to `stdout`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>.
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
- Encode the contents of a file as base64 and write the result to `stdout`:
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
`base64 {{path/to/file}}`
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
2024-03-16 14:11:21 +00:00
- Wrap encoded output at a specific width (`0` disables wrapping):
`base64 --wrap {{0|76|...}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Decode the base64 contents of a file and write the result to `stdout`:
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
`base64 --decode {{path/to/file}}`
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
- Encode from `stdin`:
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
`{{somecommand}} | base64`
- Decode from `stdin`:
2014-07-14 14:50:44 +01:00
2021-03-07 22:58:11 +00:00
`{{somecommand}} | base64 --decode`