---
name: "uu-basenc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-basenc"
---

# uu-basenc(1)

Encode/decode data and print to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

## NAME

basenc - Encode/decode data and print to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

## SYNOPSIS

**basenc** \[OPTION\]... \[FILE\]

## DESCRIPTION

Encode/decode data and print to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition to the bytes of the formal alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the encoded stream.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--decode**

  decode data

- **-i**, **--ignore-garbage**

  when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters

- **-w**, **--wrap** *\<COLS\>*

  wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)

- **--base64**

  same as 'base64' program

- **--base64url**

  file- and url-safe base64

- **--base32**

  same as 'base32' program

- **--base32hex**

  extended hex alphabet base32

- **--base16**

  hex encoding

- **--base2lsbf**

  bit string with least significant bit (lsb) first

- **--base2msbf**

  bit string with most significant bit (msb) first

- **--z85**

  ascii85-like encoding; when encoding, input length must be a multiple of 4; when decoding, input length must be a multiple of 5

- **--base58**

  visually unambiguous base58 encoding

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

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \[*file*\]

  ## VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0