MEWENCODE(1)

👑 MEWENCODE — the MIME encoder/decoder bestie 💖

okay so first things first: this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and the star of the show is mewencode — with its two ride-or-die sidekicks mewdecode and mewcat. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mewencode, mewdecode, mewcat — MIME encoder/decoder. that's the whole vibe. encoding, decoding, MIME. slay. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mewencode [-options] [infile [outfile]]
mewdecode [-options] [infile [outfile]]
mewcat [-options] [infile]

see how mewcat is the only one that doesn't take an outfile? she's built different, and honestly? respect. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the mewencode utility encode/decode MIME objects. fr fr that's the entire job description. iconic.

the options are as follows, and yes bestie, we are going through all of them, no skipping, no cap:

• -e — Encoding. 🎀
• -d — Decoding. 🔄
• -8 — See if any 8bit characters are contained. it's giving "vibe check but for bytes" 💀
• -b — MIME base64 en/decoding. classic. timeless. main character energy. ✨
• -q — MIME quoted-printable en/decoding.
• -g — MIME gzip64 en/decoding (not yet specified in RFC). it's lowkey experimental, the girlies are still writing the rulebook. 🙈
• -z — The same as -g. literally the exact same thing, two names, one legend. 💜
• -u — Uudecoding.
• -l length — Line length into which base64/quoted-printable/gzip64 encoding truncate. like a character limit but for your encoded lines. 📏
• -t — On base64/gzip64 encoding, local newline is treated as CRLF. On base/gzip64 decoding, any newline is translated into local newline. Specify this option only when the input is a line based object (e.g. Content-Type: is text/plain or application/postscript). so like, only when it's that kind of object, okay? don't be out here using it on everything. 🚫
• -h — Display this help message. your bestie when you're lost. 🫶
• -v — Display the version. gotta know what you're running, periodt. ⭐

ngl, the -t one is the sneaky one — it changes how newlines get handled on both encode and decode, so read it twice before you commit. no cap. 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every option, every last little detail, all accounted for. 💖

🌸 this gem was brought to you by the 4th Berkeley Distribution, and the date on the tag is March 17, 2001. so yes, she's vintage, she's iconic, she still works. 🎀✨👑