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(which allows one to redirect output to stdout); `-o /dev/stdout' is recommended instead. Submitted by: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> MFC after: 2 weeks
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)uuencode.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 27, 2002
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.Dt UUENCODE 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm uuencode ,
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.Nm uudecode
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.Nd encode/decode a binary file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar file
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.Ar name
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.Nm uudecode
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.Op Fl cips
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.Op Ar
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.Nm uudecode
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.Op Fl i
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.Fl o Ar output_file
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.Op file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Uuencode
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and
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.Nm uudecode
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are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums
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that do not support other than simple
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.Tn ASCII
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data.
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.Pp
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.Nm Uuencode
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reads
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.Ar file
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(or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version
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to the standard output.
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The encoding uses only printing
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.Tn ASCII
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characters and includes the
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mode of the file and the operand
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.Ar name
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for use by
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.Nm uudecode .
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.Pp
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.Nm Uudecode
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transforms
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.Em uuencoded
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files (or by default, the standard input) into the original form.
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The resulting file is named either
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.Ar name
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or (depending on options passed to
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.Nm uudecode )
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.Ar output_file
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and will have the mode of the original file except that setuid
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and execute bits are not retained.
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.Nm Uudecode
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ignores any leading and trailing lines.
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.Pp
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The following options are available for
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.Nm uudecode :
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.Bl -tag -width ident
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.It Fl c
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Decode more than one uuencode'd file from
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.Ar file
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if possible.
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.It Fl i
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Do not overwrite files.
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.It Fl o Ar output_file
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Output to
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.Ar output_file
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instead of
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.Ar name .
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.It Fl p
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Decode
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.Ar file
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and write output to standard output.
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(This option is deprecated in favor of
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.Fl o Ar /dev/stdout
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\&.)
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.It Fl s
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Do not strip output pathname to base filename.
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By default
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.Nm uudecode
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deletes any prefix ending with the last slash '/' for security
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purpose.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it,
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uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system.
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When
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.Nm uudecode
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is run on the target system, the file ``src_tree.tar.Z'' will be
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created which may then be uncompressed and extracted into the original
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tree.
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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tar cf \- src_tree \&| compress \&|
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uuencode src_tree.tar.Z \&| mail sys1!sys2!user
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The following example unpack all uuencode'd
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files from your mailbox into your current working directory.
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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uudecode -c < $MAIL
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The following example extract a compress'ed tar
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archive from your mailbox
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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uudecode -o /dev/stdout < $MAIL | zcat | tar xfv -
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr basename 1 ,
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.Xr compress 1 ,
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.Xr mail 1 ,
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.Xr uucp 1 ,
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.Xr uuencode 5
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.Sh BUGS
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The encoded form of the file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus
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control information).
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm uudecode
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and
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.Nm
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utilities appeared in
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.Bx 4.0 .
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