BASE32(1)

🌸 BASE32(1) — the manual page, but make it cute 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual, entry number one: base32. she encodes, she decodes, she prints to standard output, she's literally the moment. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

base32 — encode/decode data and print to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. 🫶

The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC 4648. When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal base32 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream. that's the whole vibe, no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

base32 [OPTION]... [FILE]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie she encode/decode data and print to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. yes we said it in NAME, we're saying it again, because it's THAT iconic. 💖

The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC 4648 — iconic, standardized, slay. And when decoding? the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal base32 alphabet (so your lines can breathe, periodt). Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream — that's your little rescue mission flag. 🙈

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -d, --decode — decode data. that's it, that's the job queen 👑
• -i, --ignore-garbage — when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters. she's forgiving, she's chill 🌸
• -w, --wrap <COLS> — wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping). lowkey the formatting control fr fr
• -h, --help — Print help. the classic 🎀
• -V, --version — Print version. say hi to her 🌈
• [file] — the file. give her a file bestie, she's hungry 💀

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

she's still a work in progress, be patient with her 🫶

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Encode a file:

base32 path/to/file

Wrap encoded output at a specific width (0 disables wrapping):

base32 [-w|--wrap] 0|76|... path/to/file

Decode a file:

base32 [-d|--decode] path/to/file

Encode from stdin:

command | base32

Decode from stdin:

command | base32 [-d|--decode]

ngl bestie, important note: The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail. not me warning you in advance 😭

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💜 sign-off 💜

and that's the page!! source/version energy: v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, dated 2026-09-25, manual page BASE32(1). go encode something, main character. bye bestie 🧚✨💖