uuencode, uudecode — Encode or Decode a Binary File
Synopsis
/usr/bin/uuencode [source-file] decode-pathname /usr/bin/uudecode [-p] encoded-file
Description
Use the uuencode/uudecode commands to convert between ASCII and binary data.
Warning
If you run uuencode then run uudecode on a file in the same directory, you will overwrite the original file.
uuencode
uuencode converts a binary file into an encoded representation that you can send using mail(1). It encodes the contents of source-file or the standard input if you specify no source-file argument. The decode-pathname argument is required. The decode-pathname is included in the encoded file header as the name of the file where uudecode puts the binary (decoded) data. uuencode also includes ...
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