opensolaris man page for base64

BASE64(1)							   User Commands							 BASE64(1)

NAME
       base64 - base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output

SYNOPSIS
       base64 [OPTION] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.

       -w, --wrap=COLS
	      Wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).  Use 0 to disable line wrapping.

       -d, --decode
	      Decode data.

       -i, --ignore-garbage
	      When decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters.

       --help Display this help and exit.

       --version
	      Output version information and exit.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       The  data  are encoded as described for the base64 alphabet in RFC 3548.  Decoding require compliant input by default, use --ignore-garbage
       to attempt to recover from non-alphabet characters (such as newlines) in the encoded stream.

AUTHOR
       Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You	 may   redistribute   copies   of   it	 under	 the   terms   of   the   GNU	General   Public   License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for base64 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and base64 programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info base64

       should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE	 |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWgnu-coreutils  |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted	 |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
NOTES
       Source for GNU coreutils is available on http://opensolaris.org.

base64 6.7							   December 2006							 BASE64(1)