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.\" $NetBSD: base64.1,v 1.3 2020/09/03 09:41:21 nia Exp $
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.Dd September 3, 2020
.Dt BASE64 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm base64
.Nd base64 encode/decode data into the standard output
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl di
.Op Fl w Ar wrap
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
reads from the standard input or from each file argument, and encodes
or decodes data based on the base64 scheme described in RFC 3548 into
the standard output.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXX
.It Fl d
Decode the input instead of encoding it.
.It Fl i
Ignore whitespace characters when decoding.
.It Fl w Ar wrap
Wrap lines longer than
.Ar wrap
characters using a newline.
The default number of characters is 76.
0 disables wrapping.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
exits with 0 if there was no error and non-zero if it could not encode or
decode, printing an error message.
.\" .Sh SEE ALSO
.\" .Xr b64_ntop 3 ,
.\" .Xr b64_pton 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared on
.\" Linux ?, MacOS/X ?, and
.Nx 9 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Christos Zoulas