A lightweight command-line tool to encode or decode files using Base64.
🛠️ Written in C. Supports multiple input files, flexible CLI flags, and streams output to stdout by de 82A6 fault.
- ✅ Encode or decode Base64
- ✅ Input from file(s) or stdin
- ✅ Combine multiple input files
- ✅ Output to a file or stdout
- ✅ Support for URL-safe encoding with
--url-safe - ✅ Small, fast, and dependency-free
git clone https://github.com/iaseth/b64.git
cd b64/build
cmake ..
makeThis builds the b64 binary in the build/ directory.
b64 [options] <file1> [file2 ...]| Option | Long Option | Description |
|---|---|---|
-o <file> |
Output to file instead of stdout | |
-d |
--decode |
Decode instead of encode |
-u |
--url-safe |
Use Base64URL encoding |
-w |
--wrap |
Wrap lines after 80 characters |
-h |
--help |
Show help info |
-l |
--list |
List all available encodings |
-v |
--version |
Show version info |
Encode files and write to stdout:
./b64 file1.txt file2.txtEncode files and write to file:
./b64 file1.txt file2.txt -o encoded.b64Decode Base64 file to stdout:
./b64 -d encoded.b64Encode and then Decode the same file:
./b64 README.md | ./b64 -d./b64 README.md encodes the file to base64,
| redirects the output to ./b64 -d,
which then decodes it back.
b64/
├── src --- 1 day ago
│ ├── base64.c --- 8 minutes ago, 1 hashlines, 14 blocks, 45 statements, 1 comments
│ ├── base64.h --- 2 minutes ago, 9 hashlines, 1 blocks, 5 statements, 3 comments
│ ├── main.c --- 4 minutes ago, 6 hashlines, 21 blocks, 45 statements, 2 comments
│ ├── version.h --- 1 day ago, 22 hashlines, 5 comments
├── CMakeLists.txt --- 1 day ago, 12 lines
├── LICENSE.md --- 1 day ago
├── README.md --- 1 minute ago, 7 headers
MIT License