---
name: "base16384"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "base16384"
version: "2.3.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/base16384"
---

# base16384(1)

Encode binary files to printable utf16be

## NAME

base16384 - Encode binary files to printable utf16be

## SYNOPSIS

**base16384** -\[ed\]\[t\]\[n\]\[cC\] \<*inputfile*\> \<*outputfile*\>

## DESCRIPTION

There are **16384** Chinese characters ( from **4E00** to **8DFF** ) as the *alphabet* , just like what base64 did. If length of the data has a remainder after mod 7, an unicode Chinese character **3Dxx** will be appended to present it with *xx* ranging from *01* to *06*

## OPTIONS

- **-e**

  Read data from *inputfile* and encode them into *outputfile*. It's the default option when neither **-e** nor **-d** is specified.

- **-d**

  Read data from *inputfile* and decode them into *outputfile*.

- **-t**

  Show spend time.

- **-n**

  Do not write utf16be file header **0xFEFF** to the output.

- **-c**

  Embed or validate checksum in remainder when using *stdin* or *stdout* or inputsize \> \_BASE16384\_ENCBUFSZ.

- **-C**

  Do **-c** forcely.

- **inputfile**

  An absolute or relative file path. Specially, pass **-** to read from *stdin*.

- **outputfile**

  An absolute or relative file path. Specially, pass **-** to write to *stdout*.

## EXIT STATUS

- **0**

  Exit on success.

- **1**

  Get file size error.

- **2**

  Fopen output file error.

- **3**

  Fopen input file error.

- **4**

  Write file error.

- **5**

  Open input file error.

- **6**

  Map input file error.

- **7**

  Write file error in mmap.

- **8**

  Invalid input/output filename.

- **9**

  Invalid commandline parameter.

- **10**

  Invalid decoding checksum.

## SEE ALSO

https://github.com/fumiama/base16384

## BUGS

There are currently no known bugs in this application. If you have found them, please contact the **author** on github.

## AUTHOR

This manual page contributed by Fumiama Minamoto.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022-2024, Fumiama Minamoto This file is part of *base16384*.

Base16384 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Base16384 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see *http://www.gnu.org/licenses/*.