Name
uuencode
Synopsis
uuencode[file] name
Encodes a binary file. The encoding uses only
printable ASCII characters and includes the permissions and
name of the file. When file
is reconverted via uudecode
, the output is saved
as name. If the file
argument is omitted, uuencode
can take standard
input, so a single argument is taken as the name to be given to the
file when it is decoded.
uuencode
does not preserve resource forks or
metadata when copying files that contain them.
Examples
It’s common to encode a file and save it with an identifying extension, such as .uue. This example encodes the binary file flower12.jpg, names it rose.jpg, and saves it to a .uue file:
% uuencode flower12.jpg rose.jpg > rose.uue
Encode flower12.jpg and mail it:
% uuencode flower12.jpg flower12.jpg | mail jax@ora.com
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