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base64(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 base64(1)

NAME
base64 -- Encode and decode using Base64 representation SYNOPSIS
base64 [-h | -D] [-b count] [-i input_file] [-o output_file] DESCRIPTION
base64 encodes and decodes Base64 data, as specified in RFC 4648. With no options, base64 reads raw data from stdin and writes encoded data as a continuous block to stdout. OPTIONS
The following options are available: -b count --break=count Insert line breaks every count characters. Default is 0, which generates an unbroken stream. -D --decode Decode incoming Base64 stream into binary data. -h --help Print usage summary and exit. -i input_file --input=input_file Read input from input_file. Default is stdin; passing - also represents stdin. -o output_file --output=output_file Write output to output_file. Default is stdout; passing - also represents stdout. SEE ALSO
openssl(1), wikipedia page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64>, RFC 4648 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648> Mac OS X 10.7 February 8, 2011 Mac OS X 10.7

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MIME::Base64::URLSafe(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				MIME::Base64::URLSafe(3pm)

NAME
MIME::Base64::URLSafe - Perl version of Python's URL-safe base64 codec SYNOPSIS
use MIME::Base64::URLSafe; $encoded = urlsafe_b64encode('Alladdin: open sesame'); $decoded = urlsafe_b64decode($encoded); DESCRIPTION
This module is a perl version of python's URL-safe base64 encoder / decoder. When embedding binary data in URL, it is preferable to use base64 encoding. However, two characters ('+' and '/') used in the standard base64 encoding have special meanings in URLs, often leading to re-encoding with URL-encoding, or worse, interoperability problems. To overcome the problem, the module provides a variation of base64 codec compatible with python's urlsafe_b64encode / urlsafe_b64decode. Modification rules from base64: use '-' and '_' instead of '+' and '/' no line feeds no trailing equals (=) The following functions are provided: urlsafe_b64encode($str) urlsafe_b64decode($str) If you prefer not to import these routines to your namespace, you can call them as: use MIME::Base64::URLSafe (); $encoded = MIME::Base64::URLSafe::encode($decoded); $decoded = MIME::Base64::URLSafe::decode($encoded); SEE ALSO
MIME::Base64 Fore more discussion on using base64 encoding in URL applications, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#URL_Applications AUTHOR
Kazuho Oku <kazuho ___at___ labs.cybozu.co.jp> Copyright (C) 2006 Cybozu Labs, Inc. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. perl v5.8.8 2006-01-05 MIME::Base64::URLSafe(3pm)
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