base64 Command Examples

Encode or decode file or stdin to/from base64, to stdout. More information: https://manned.org/base64.

• Encode a file:

base64 {{path/to/file}}

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

base64 {{[-w|--wrap]}} {{0|76|...}} {{path/to/file}}

• Decode a file:

base64 {{[-d|--decode]}} {{path/to/file}}

• Encode from stdin:

{{command}} | base64

• Decode from stdin:

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