AtoB(1)

💅 AtoB(1) — the PKI ASCII to Binary Conversion Tool, bestie

okay so picture this: you've got a file full of ASCII base-64 encoded data and you need it to be binary base-64 encoded data instead. that's it. that's the whole gig. welcome to AtoB from the PKI crew 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

AtoB — convert ASCII base-64 encoded data to binary base-64 encoded data. literally her whole personality 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

AtoB input-file output-file

two files in, zero chaos out. slay 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the AtoB command is a command-line utility, and what she does is convert ASCII base-64 encoded data into binary base-64 encoded data. no cap, that's the entire mission statement. main character energy only 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

heads up bestie: these parameters are mandatory. not optional, not "if you feel like it" — mandatory mandatory 🔥

• <input-file> — specifies the path to the file containing the base-64 encoded ASCII data. this is the one you're reading from 🍓
• <output-file> — specifies the path to the file where the utility should write the binary output. this is the one she writes to ✨

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

ok so this example command takes the base-64 ASCII data in the ascii_data.pem file and writes the binary equivalent of that data to the binary_data.der file. iconic behavior, honestly:

$ AtoB ascii_data.pem binary_data.der

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• BtoA(1)
• pki(1)

the friend group 💖 go say hi.

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🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

Matthew Harmsen <mharmsen@redhat.com>. legend behavior, we stan 💜

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc. this is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2). a copy of this license is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt. read it, bestie, it's giving responsible adult 📜

real talk though: always double-check your input-file and output-file paths before you run her, because mandatory params don't come with a vibe check 🙈

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