basenc Command Examples

Encode or decode file or stdin using a specified encoding, to stdout. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc.

• Encode a file with base64 encoding:

basenc --base64 {{path/to/file}}

• Decode a file with base64 encoding:

basenc --decode --base64 {{path/to/file}}

• Encode from stdin with base32 encoding with 42 columns:

{{command}} | basenc --base32 -w42

• Encode from stdin with base32 encoding:

{{command}} | basenc --base32