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BASE64(1)			 User Commands			     BASE64(1)

NAME
       base64 -	base64 encode/decode data and print to standard	output

SYNOPSIS
       base64 [OPTION]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Base64 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.

       -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

       --help display this help	and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       The  data are encoded as	described for the base64 alphabet in RFC 4648.
       When decoding, the input	may contain newlines in	addition to the	 bytes
       of  the formal base64 alphabet.	Use --ignore-garbage to	attempt	to re-
       cover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

AUTHOR
       Written by Simon	Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free	to change and redistribute it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       basenc(1)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) base64 invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025			     BASE64(1)

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