base64

Encode or decode file or standard input to/from Base64, to standard output. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/base64.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install base64
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/base64
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/base64 base64 powered by Commando

Encode or decode file or standard input to/from Base64, to standard output. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base64>.

  • Encode the contents of a file as base64 and write the result to stdout:
    base64 filename
  • Decode the base64 contents of a file and write the result to stdout:
    base64 --decode filename
  • Encode from stdin:
    somecommand | base64
  • Decode from stdin:
    somecommand | base64 --decode

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