BIN2TXT(1) General Commands Manual
NAME
bin2txt — Encoding and decoding tool for BASE64 and related encodings/decodings from/to ASCII to/from binary.
SYNOPSIS
| bin2txt | { -e | -d } [ { -t <text> | -b <bytes> } [ --hex ] [ --encoding <encoding> ] [ -v ] [ --debug ] ] |
| bin2txt | { -e [ --line-width <lineWidth> ] | -d } -i <inputFile> -o <outputFile> [ --encoding <encoding> ] [ -v ] [ --debug ] |
| bin2txt | { -e [ --line-width <lineWidth> ] | -d } { -i <inputFile> | -o <outputFile> [ -v ] [ --debug ] } [ --encoding <encoding> ] |
| bin2txt | -h | --sysinfo [ -v ] |
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the bin2txt command: The bin2txt command encodes
--encode (using an optional line width --line-width) or decodes --decode
binary data to or from BASE64 encoded or otherwise encoded --encoding data from
a provided text --text or bytes --bytes message or an input file --input-file
or STDIN to an output file --output-file or STDOUT (using an optional
hexadecimal --hex notation for a message’s output).
Depending on the executable’s flavor the command might also be named bin2txt-x.y.z.jar, bin2txt-bundle-x86_64-x.y.z.elf, bin2txt-bundle-x86_64-x.y.z.exe, bin2txt-installer-x86_64-x.y.z.msi, bin2txt-launcher-x.y.z.sh, bin2txt-launcher-x86_64-x.y.z.elf, bin2txt-launcher-x86_64-x.y.z.exe, bin2txt-native-x86_64-x.y.z.elf where x.y.z stands for the version of the bin2txt command. The according executable’s name will be referenced to in this manual as bin2txt.
OPTIONS
| -b --bytes <bytes>: | The message in bytes (e.g. “127, 128, 0x10, 0xFF”) which to process. |
| --debug: | Enables the debug mode with additional (developer readable) informational output. |
| -d --decode: | Decodes the given message. |
| -e --encode: | Encodes the given message. |
| --encoding <encoding>: | The BASE (e.g. BASE64) encoding/decoding to be applied for handling encoded data: { BASE2, BINARY, BASE4, BASE8, OCTAL, ENCODED_AS_NUMBER, BASE16, HEXADECIMAL, BASE32, BASE64, BASE64_ARABIC, BASE64_URL } |
| -h --help: | Shows this help. |
| --hex: | Use a hexadecimal representation of (binary) output. |
| -i --input-file <inputFile>: | The input file which to process from. |
| --line-width <lineWidth>: | The line width when outputting text. |
| -o --output-file <outputFile>: | The output file which to process to. |
| --sysinfo: | Shows some system information for debugging purposes. |
| -t --text <text>: | The text message which to process. |
| -v --verbose: | Enables the verbose mode with additional (human readable) informational output. |
EXAMPLES
Encode a text message:
- bin2txt -e -t <text> -v
Decode a text message:
- bin2txt -d -t <text> -v
Encode a message in bytes:
- bin2txt -e -b <bytes> -v
Decode a message in bytes:
- bin2txt -d -b <bytes> -v
Encode input file to output file:
- bin2txt -e -i <inputFile> -o <outputFile> -v
Decode input file to output file:
- bin2txt -d -i <inputFile> -o <outputFile> -v
Encode STDIN file to output file:
- bin2txt -e -o <outputFile>
Decode input file to STDOUT:
- bin2txt -d -i <inputFile>
Encode STDIN to STDOUT (BASE64 encoding):
- bin2txt -e
Decode STDIN (BASE64 encoding) to STDOUT:
- bin2txt -d
To show the help text:
- bin2txt -h
To print the system info:
- bin2txt --sysinfo
BUGS
See BitBucket issues at <https://bitbucket.org/funcodez/funcodes-bin2txt/issues>
AUTHOR
Siegfried Steiner steiner@refcodes.org