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<info><copyright><year>2011-2014</year><holder>ForgeRock AS</holder></copyright></info>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>base64</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="software">OpenDJ</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version"><?eval ${docTargetVersion}?></refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>base64</refname>
<refpurpose>encode and decode base64 strings</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>base64 <replaceable>subcommand</replaceable></command>
<arg choice="req">options</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>This utility can be used to encode and decode information using base64.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Subcommands</title>
<para>The following subcommands are supported.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>base64 decode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Decode base64-encoded information into raw data</para>
<para>When no options are specified, this subcommand reads from standard
input and writes to standard output.</para>
<variablelist>
<title>Decode Options</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d, --encodedData {data}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The base64-encoded data to be decoded</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-f, --encodedDataFile {path}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The path to a file containing the base64-encoded data to be
decoded</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-o, --toRawFile {path}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The path to a file to which the raw base64-decoded data should be
written</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>base64 encode</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Encode raw data using base64</para>
<para>When no options are specified, this subcommand reads from standard
input and writes to standard output.</para>
<variablelist>
<title>Decode Options</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d, --rawData {data}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The raw data to be base64 encoded</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-f, --rawDataFile {path}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The path to a file containing the raw data to be base64
encoded</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-o, --toEncodedFile {path}</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The path to a file to which the base64-encoded data should be
written</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>General Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-V, --version</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display version information</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-?, -H, --help</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Display usage information</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit Codes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>0</term>
<listitem>
<para>The command completed successfully.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>> 0</term>
<listitem>
<para>An error occurred.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>The following command shows the changes from the external change log
in human-readable format.</para>
<screen>
$ <userinput>base64 decode -d YWRkOiBkZXNjcmlwdGlvbgpkZXNjcmlwdGlvbjogQSB0aGlyZCBjaGFuZ2UK\
LQpyZXBsYWNlOiBtb2RpZmllcnNOYW1lCm1vZGlmaWVyc05hbWU6IGNuPURpcmVjdG9yeSBNYW5hZ2V\
yLGNuPVJvb3QgRE5zLGNuPWNvbmZpZwotCnJlcGxhY2U6IG1vZGlmeVRpbWVzdGFtcAptb2RpZnlUaW\
1lc3RhbXA6IDIwMTEwNjEzMDcxMjEwWgotCg==</userinput>
<computeroutput>add: description
description: A third change
-
replace: modifiersName
modifiersName: cn=Directory Manager,cn=Root DNs,cn=config
-
replace: modifyTimestamp
modifyTimestamp: 20110613071210Z
-</computeroutput>
</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>