uuencode

Encode binary files into ASCII for transport via mediums that only support simple ASCII encoding.

More information.

• Encode a file and print the result to stdout:

uuencode {path/to/input_file} {output_file_name_after_decoding}

• Encode a file and write the result to a file:

uuencode -o {path/to/output_file} {path/to/input_file} {output_file_name_after_decoding}

• Encode a file using Base64 instead of the default uuencode encoding and write the result to a file:

uuencode -m -o {path/to/output_file} {path/to/input_file} {output_file_name_after_decoding}

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