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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