Name
basenc - Encode/decode data and print to standard outputSynopsis
basenc [\,OPTION\/]... [\,FILE\/]Description
basenc encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
--base64 same as 'base64' program (RFC4648 section 4)
--base64url file- and url-safe base64 (RFC4648 section 5)
--base32 same as 'base32' program (RFC4648 section 6)
--base32hex extended hex alphabet base32 (RFC4648 section 7)
--base16 hex encoding (RFC4648 section 8)
--base2msbf bit string with most significant bit (msb) first
--base2lsbf bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first
-d, --decode decode data
-i, --ignore-garbage when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters
-w, --wrap=\,COLS\/ wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76). Use 0 to disable line wrapping
--z85 ascii85-like encoding (ZeroMQ spec:32/Z85); when encoding, input length must be a multiple of 4; when decoding, input length must be a multiple of 5
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
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.
Encodings Examples
$ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base64 /k+C $ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base64url _k-C $ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base32 7ZHYE=== $ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base32hex VP7O4=== $ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base16 FE4F82 $ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base2lsbf 011111111111001001000001 $ printf '\\376\\117\\202' | basenc --base2msbf 111111100100111110000010 $ printf '\\376\\117\\202\\000' | basenc --z85 @.FaC