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BASE64(1)                   General Commands Manual                  BASE64(1)

NAME
     base64 - base64 encode/decode data into the standard output

SYNOPSIS
     base64 [-di] [-w wrap] [file ...]

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

NetBSD 10.99                    August 28, 2021                   NetBSD 10.99