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basenc

Encode or decode file or stdin using a specified encoding, to stdout. 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

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