tldr/pages/common/base64.md

base64

Encode or decode file or standard input to/from Base64, to standard output. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/base64-invocation.html.

• Encode a file:

base64 {{filename}}

• Decode a file:

base64 --decode {{filename}}

• Encode from stdin:

{{somecommand}} | base64

• Decode from stdin:

{{somecommand}} | base64 --decode