---
name: "gmime-uuencode"
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-uuencode"
---

# gmime-uuencode(1)

encode a binary file to a text stream

## NAME

gmime-uuencode - encode a binary file to a text stream

## SYNOPSIS

**gmime-uuencode** \[*options*\] \[ *file* \] *name*

## DESCRIPTION

gmime-uuencode encodes *file* to a text stream and emits that stream to standard output.  If *file* is not indicated on the command line, gmime-uuencode reads from standard input instead.

## OPTIONS

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

  display help and exit

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

  display version and exit

- **-m**, **--base64**

  use RFC1521 base64 encoding

## AUTHOR

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