base64

Encode or decode a base64 string

Description

An optional builtin to encode or decode a base64 string.

Usage

<stdin> -> base64 -> <stdout>

<stdin> -> !base64 -> <stdout>

Examples

Encode base64 string

» out "Hello, World!" -> base64
SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQo=

Decode base64 string

» out "SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQo=" -> !base64
Hello, World!

Detail

base64 is very simplistic - particularly when compared to its GNU coreutil (for example) counterpart. If you want to use the base64 binary on Linux or similar platforms then you will need to launch with the exec builtin:

» out "Hello, World!" -> exec base64
SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQo=

» out "SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQo=" -> exec base64 -d
Hello, World!

However for simple tasks this builtin will out perform external tools because it doesn't require the OS fork processes.

Synonyms

• base64
• !base64

See Also

• Escape Command Line String (esccli): Escapes an array so output is valid shell code
• Escape HTML (eschtml): Encode or decodes text for HTML
• Escape URL (escurl): Encode or decodes text for the URL
• Quote String (escape): Escape or unescape input
• !bz2: Decompress a bz2 file
• gz: Compress or decompress a gzip file

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This document was generated from builtins/optional/encoders/base64_doc.yaml.