Name

base64 — encode and decode base64 strings

Synopsis

base64 subcommand {options}

Description

This utility can be used to encode and decode information using base64.

Subcommands

The following subcommands are supported.

base64 decode

Decode base64-encoded information into raw data

When no options are specified, this subcommand reads from standard input and writes to standard output.

Decode Options

-d, --encodedData {data}

The base64-encoded data to be decoded

-f, --encodedDataFile {path}

The path to a file containing the base64-encoded data to be decoded

-o, --toRawFile {path}

The path to a file to which the raw base64-decoded data should be written

base64 encode

Encode raw data using base64

When no options are specified, this subcommand reads from standard input and writes to standard output.

Decode Options

-d, --rawData {data}

The raw data to be base64 encoded

-f, --rawDataFile {path}

The path to a file containing the raw data to be base64 encoded

-o, --toEncodedFile {path}

The path to a file to which the base64-encoded data should be written

General Options

-V, --version

Display version information

-?, -H, --help

Display usage information

Exit Codes

0

The command completed successfully.

> 0

An error occurred.

Examples

The following command shows the changes from the external change log in human-readable format. 

$ base64 decode -d YWRkOiBkZXNjcmlwdGlvbgpkZXNjcmlwdGlvbjogQSB0aGlyZCBjaGFuZ2UK
LQpyZXBsYWNlOiBtb2RpZmllcnNOYW1lCm1vZGlmaWVyc05hbWU6IGNuPURpcmVjdG9yeSBNYW5hZ2V
yLGNuPVJvb3QgRE5zLGNuPWNvbmZpZwotCnJlcGxhY2U6IG1vZGlmeVRpbWVzdGFtcAptb2RpZnlUaW
1lc3RhbXA6IDIwMTEwNjEzMDcxMjEwWgotCg==
add: description
description: A third change
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replace: modifiersName
modifiersName: cn=Directory Manager,cn=Root DNs,cn=config
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replace: modifyTimestamp
modifyTimestamp: 20110613071210Z
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