tldr/pages/common/basenc.md

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basenc

Encode or decode file or standard input using a specified encoding, to standard output. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc.

  • Encode a file with base64 encoding:

basenc --base64 {{path/to/file}}

  • Decode a file with base64 encoding:

basenc --decode --base64 {{path/to/file}}

  • Encode from stdin with base32 encoding with 42 columns:

{{command}} | basenc --base32 -w42

  • Encode from stdin with base32 encoding:

{{command}} | basenc --base32