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uuencode(1)                      User Commands                     uuencode(1)

NAME
       uuencode - encode a file into email friendly text
SYNOPSIS
       uuencode  [-flag  [value]]...  [--opt-name[[=|  ]value]]... [ in-file ]
       output-name
DESCRIPTION
       uuencode is used to create an ASCII representation of a file  that  can
       be  sent  over  channels that may otherwise corrupt the data.  Specifi-
       cally, email cannot handle binary data and will  often  even  insert  a
       character  when  the  six character sequence "0rom " is seen.  uuencode
       will read in-file if provided and otherwise read data from standard  in
       and write the encoded form to standard out.  The output will begin with
       a header line for use by uudecode giving  it  the  resulting  suggested
       file  output-name  and access mode.  If the output-name is specifically
       /dev/stdout, then uudecode will emit the decoded file to standard  out.
       Note:  uuencode  uses  buffered  input  and assumes that it is not hand
       typed from a tty.  The consequence is that at a tty, you  may  need  to
       hit Ctl-D several times to terminate input.
OPTIONS
       -m, --base64
              convert using base 64.
              By  default,  uuencode will encode using the traditional conver-
              sion.  It is slower and less compact than base 64.  The  encoded
              form  of  the file is expanded by 37% for UU encoding and by 35%
              for base64 encoding (3 bytes become 4 plus control information).
       -e, --encode-file-name
              encode the output file name.
              Since output file names may contain characters that are not han-
              dled  well  by  various transmission modes, you may specify that
              the output-name be hex encoded as well.
       -h, --help
              Display usage information and exit.
       -!, --more-help
              Pass the extended usage information through a pager.
       -R [rcfile], --save-opts[=rcfile]
              Save the option state to rcfile.  The default is the  last  con-
              figuration file listed in the OPTION PRESETS section, below.
       -r rcfile, --load-opts=rcfile, --no-load-opts
              Load  options  from  rcfile.  The no-load-opts form will disable
              the loading of earlier RC/INI files.  --no-load-opts is  handled
              early, out of order.
       -v [{v|c|n}], --version[={v|c|n}]
              Output  version of program and exit.  The default mode is `v', a
              simple version.  The `c' mode will print  copyright  information
              and `n' will print the full copyright notice.
OPTION PRESETS
       Any option that is not marked as not presettable may be preset by load-
       ing values from configuration  ("RC"  or  ".INI")  file(s).   The  file
       "$HOME/.sharrc" will be used, if present.
STANDARDS
       This implementation is compliant with P1003.2b/D11.
FILES
       See OPTION PRESETS for configuration files.
EXIT STATUS
       One of the following exit values will be returned:
       0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)
              Successful program execution.
       1 (EXIT_FAILURE)
              The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
       66 (EX_NOINPUT)
              A specified configuration file could not be loaded.
       70 (EX_SOFTWARE)
              libopts  had an internal operational error.  Please report it to
              autogen-users AT lists.net.  Thank you.
SEE ALSO
       uudecode(1)
HISTORY
       The uuencode command first appeared in BSD 4.0.
AUTHORS
       Free Software Foundation, Inc.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1994-2013  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.  all  rights
       reserved.   This program is released under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License, version 3 or later.
BUGS
       Please put sharutils in the subject line for emailed bug  reports.   It
       helps to spot the message.
       The output file name must not begin with the 11 character sequence:
           hex-encode:
       unless you specify the -h (encode-file-name) option.
       Please send bug reports to: bug-gnu-utils AT gnu.org
NOTES
       This  manual  page  was AutoGen-erated from the uuencode option defini-
       tions.

GNU sharutils (4.13.3)            06 Jan 2013                      uuencode(1)