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Babak K. Shandiz
Babak K. Shandiz

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Living in the Shell #1; base64

#linux #bash #productivity #devops

Encode inline 

echo -n 'Hello World!' | base64
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Encode file (into file) 

base64 ~/.bashrc > encoded-file.txt
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cat ~/.bashrc | base64 > encoded-file.txt
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Decode inline 

echo -n "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh" | base64 -d
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Decode file (into file) 

base64 -d encoded-file.txt > decoded-file.txt
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cat encoded-file.txt | base64 -d > decoded-file.txt
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