SYNTAX

    base64 [options] <operation> <filename>


OPTIONS

-h (--help) bool

Display help.

-v (--verbose) bool

Enable verbose output.

-o (--overwrite) bool

When decoding, overwrite the output file if it already exists.


ARGUMENTS

<operation>
decode

Read lines from STDIN until KErrEof or a blank line is read. Decode the read data and write the binary equivalent to the named file.

encode

Read binary data from the named file, and write the encoded equivalent as lines to STDOUT.

<filename>

The name of the file to write when decoding. The name of the file to read when encoding. [filename]


DESCRIPTION

Encode to or decode from Base64.

Turns binary data into an ASCII encoded form and vice versa.


COPYRIGHT

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