Usage: /usr/bin/basenc [OPTION]... [FILE]
basenc encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
--base64
same as base64(1) program (RFC4648 section 4)
--base64url
file- and url-safe base64 (RFC4648 section 5)
--base58
visually unambiguous base58 encoding
--base32
same as base32(1) program (RFC4648 section 6)
--base32hex
extended hex alphabet base32 (RFC4648 section 7)
--base16
hex encoding (RFC4648 section 8)
--base2msbf
bit string with most significant bit (msb) first
--base2lsbf
bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first
-d, --decode
decode data
-i, --ignore-garbage
when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters
-w, --wrap=COLS
wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).
Use 0 to disable line wrapping
--z85
ascii85-like encoding (ZeroMQ spec:32/Z85);
when encoding, input length must be a multiple of 4;
when decoding, input length must be a multiple of 5
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of
the formal alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover
from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.
Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) basenc invocation'
Options (14)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--base64 | same as base64(1) program (RFC4648 section 4) | help + man |
--base64url | file- and url-safe base64 (RFC4648 section 5) | help + man |
--base58 | visually unambiguous base58 encoding | help + man |
--base32 | same as base32(1) program (RFC4648 section 6) | help + man |
--base32hex | extended hex alphabet base32 (RFC4648 section 7) | help + man |
--base16 | hex encoding (RFC4648 section 8) | help + man |
--base2msbf | bit string with most significant bit (msb) first | help + man |
--base2lsbf | bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first | help + man |
-d, --decode | decode data | help + man |
-i, --ignore-garbage | when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters | help + man |
-w, --wrap COLS | wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76). | help + man |
--z85 | ascii85-like encoding (ZeroMQ spec:32/Z85); | help + man |
--help | display this help and exit | help + man |
--version | output version information and exit | help + man |
Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.