tldr/pages/osx/base64.md

base64

Encode or decode file or stdin to/from base64, to stdout or another file. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/base64.1.html.

• Encode a file to stdout:

base64 {{-i|--input}} {{path/to/file}}

• Encode a file to the specified output file:

base64 {{-i|--input}} {{path/to/input_file}} {{-o|--output}} {{path/to/output_file}}

• Wrap encoded output at a specific width (0 disables wrapping):

base64 {{-b|--break}} {{0|76|...}} {{path/to/file}}

• Decode a file to stdout:

base64 {{-d|--decode}} {{-i|--input}} {{path/to/file}}

• Encode from stdin to stdout:

{{command}} | base64

• Decode from stdin to stdout:

{{command}} | base64 {{-d|--decode}}