mewencode1
Mime encoder/decoder
Usage
mewencode [-options]
[infile
[outfile]]
mewdecode [-options]
[infile
[outfile]]
mewcat [-options]
[infile]
Overview
The mewencode utility encode/decode MIME objects.
The options are as follows:
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-e -
Encoding.
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-d -
Decoding.
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-8 -
See if any 8bit characters are contained.
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-b -
MIME base64 en/decoding.
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-q -
MIME quoted-printable en/decoding.
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-g -
MIME gzip64 en/decoding(not yet specified in RFC).
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-z -
The same as -g.
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-u -
Uudecoding.
-llength-
Line length into which base64/quoted-printable/gzip64 encoding truncate.
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-t -
On base64/gzip64 encoding, local newline is treated as CRLF. On base/gzip64 decoding, any newline is translated into local newline. Specify this option only when the input is a line based object(e.g. Content-Type: is text/plain or application/postscript).
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-h -
Display this help message.
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-v -
Display the version.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge): the text shown here
- Debian 3.0 (Woody)
- Debian 2.2 (Potato)
- Debian 2.1 (Slink) to Debian 2.0 (Hamm)
-8 since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-b since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-d since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-e since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-g since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-h since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-q since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-t since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-u since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-v since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-z since Debian 3.0 (Woody).