NAME

base64 — base64 encode/decode data into the standard output

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

base64 reads from the standard input or from each file argument, and encodes or decodes data based on the base64 scheme described in RFC 3548 into the standard output.

The following options are available:

-d

Decode the input instead of encoding it.

-i

Ignore non-base64 characters when decoding. (not implemented)

-w wrap

Wrap lines longer than wrap characters using a newline. The default number of characters is 76. 0 disables wrapping.

EXIT STATUS

base64 exits with 0 if there was no error and non-zero if it could not encode or decode, printing an error message.

HISTORY

The base64 command first appeared on NetBSD 9.

AUTHORS

Christos Zoulas