Simon Josefsson wrote:
Is a base64 encode/decode tool suitable for coreutils?
I typically use `M-: (base64-encode-string "foo")' in Emacs, but I
have found I often want a command line tool as well. And `echo
foo|base64' is easier to type.
There is a base64 module in gnulib that I think would be suitable for
this. It should probably not read in the entire file in memory,
though.
I'm thinking:
Usage: base64 [OPTION] [FILE]...
A general "codec" util would probably be better?
i.e. codec --{de,en}code --codec={base64,uu,hexdump,quoted_print,...}
This would of course overlap a lot with existing stuff,
especially http://recode.progiciels-bpi.ca/
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