base32(1)

💖 base32(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual page for base32 — yes the (1) means it's a user command, she's a real one 💅

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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.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

base32 [-d|--decode] [-i|--ignore-garbage] [-w|--wrap] [-h|--help]
[-V|--version] [file]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. base32 encodes and decodes data and prints it to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, it reads from standard input. iconic behavior, no notes.

The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC 4648 — that's the official alphabet, we don't freestyle it 💅

When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal base32 alphabet. So newlines? fine, whatever, she's not gonna be weird about it. And if your encoded stream has other non-alphabet bytes in it, use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover. It's an attempt, bestie, not a promise — no cap.

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d, --decode — decode data. (as opposed to the default, which encodes. slay both ways 💖)
• -i, --ignore-garbage — when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters. it's giving "i don't see it, therefore it's not there" 🙈
• -w, --wrap <COLS> — wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping). yes the manpage says "character" singular, we keep the lore as-is. 0 = no wrapping, go off queen 👑
• -h, --help — Print help.
• -V, --version — Print version.
• [file] — the file it reads. No FILE, or FILE as -, means standard input.

heads up: --wrap takes a value (<COLS>), so don't just leave her hanging with a bare -w, okay? 🫶

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓

signing off: this was base32 from uutils coreutils, version 0.7.0, and the footer's little page tag is base32(1) — literally the same energy as the top, full circle, periodt 💜