base64 - Linux manual page

base64 - Linux manual page base64 Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding method that converts binary data from an ASCII string to a radix-64 representation In a nutshell, it turns base64 Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output -w, --wrap=COLS Wrap encoded lines after COLS character

base64 Base64 Encoding Algorithm · Convert the text to its binary representation · Divide the bits into groups of 6 bits each · Convert each group to

base64 base64 invocation Functions Equivalent to decode Decodes a base64 string encoded using the standard alphabet according to RFC 4648 Section 4 to plain ASCII