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basenc - basenc

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

NAME

basenc − basenc

SYNOPSIS

basenc [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Encode/decode data and print to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal alphabet. Use −−ignore−garbage to attempt to recover from any other non−alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

Arguments:

[file]...

OPTIONS

−d, −−decode

decode data [aliases: −D]

−i, −−ignore−garbage

when decoding, ignore non−alphabetic characters

−w, −−wrap <COLS>

wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)

−−base64

same as ’base64’ program

−−base64url

file− and url−safe base64

−−base32

same as ’base32’ program

−−base32hex

extended hex alphabet base32

−−base16

hex encoding

−−base2lsbf

bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first

−−base2msbf

bit string with most significant bit (msb) first

−−z85

ascii85−like encoding; when encoding, input length must be a multiple of 4; when decoding, input length must be a multiple of 5

−−base58

visually unambiguous base58 encoding

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se