uudecode - decode a binary file

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  AUTHOR 

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NAME

uudecode − decode a binary file

SYNOPSIS

# decode to the name in the header
% uudecode [−i] file.uu
# decode to the name on the command line
% uudecode −o output.txt file.uu
# decode to standard output despite the header
% uudecode −o − file.uu

DESCRIPTION

This program decodes a uuencoded file and saves the results to the file denoted in the header line.

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

−i

Do not overwrite files.

−o FILE

Write output to specified FILE, ignoring filename in uuencode header line. If FILE is '−', standard output will be used.

AUTHOR

Originally by Nick Ing−Simmons but since irrecognizably hacked on by Tom Christiansen. brian d foy further packaged, improved, and tested it.

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