BASE64(1)

💅 BASE64(1): base64 — encode/decode data, bestie 💅

okay so this is the General Commands Manual page for base64, and it's literally here to encode/decode data and print to standard output. No cap, it's lowkey iconic. 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

base64 — 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 base64 alphabet in RFC 3548. When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal base64 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream. Periodt. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

base64 [OPTION]... [FILE]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so same energy, bestie: base64 encodes/decodes data and prints it to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. That's the whole main-character setup. 💅

The data are encoded as described for the base64 alphabet in RFC 3548. When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal base64 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream. slay 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d, --decode — decode data. simple, iconic, does what it says. 💖
• -i, --ignore-garbage — when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters. lowkey the cleanup bestie. 🧚
• -w, --wrap <COLS> — wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping). so 76 is the default, and 0 says no wrapping. 🎀
• -h, --help — Print help. hello, support icon. 🫶
• -V, --version — Print version. version check vibes. ⭐
• [file] — the file argument; if it's missing, or it's -, read standard input. iykyk. 🦋

🌸 VERSION 🌸

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

🫶 source/version: v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0 • date: 2026-09-17 — mwah, bestie 💋