---
name: "gmime-uudecode"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gmime-bin"
version: "3.2.15+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gmime-uudecode"
---

# gmime-uudecode(1)

decode a uuencoded stream to its binary form

## NAME

gmime-uudecode - decode a uuencoded stream to its binary form

## SYNOPSIS

**gmime-uudecode** \[*options*\] \[ *file* \]...

## DESCRIPTION

gmime-uudecode decodes one or more *file*s from their form as a uuencoded text stream, and writes them to the filesystem, setting their modes as indicated in the stream.  If no *file* is specified, gmime-uudecode reads from standard input.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  display help and exit

- **-v**, **--version**

  display version and exit

- **-o**, **--output-file**=*FILE*

  output to FILE instead of the filename indicated by the stream

## AUTHOR

gmime-uudecode was written by Jeffrey Stedfast.  This manual page was written by Daniel Kahn Gillmor for the Debian Project (with the assistance of help2man), but may be used by others.

## LICENSE

gmime-uuencode and this manual page are both licensed under the LGPL, version 2.1 or later.  On Debian systems, please see /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1

## SEE ALSO

[**gmime-uuencode**(1)](/gmime-uuencode/1.md)