bash – base64 decode command linux cli command
bash – base64 decode command linux cli command
Usage:
man base64
base64 file.txt > encoded.txt # to encode
base64 -d encoded.txt > decoded.txt # to decode
You can also use
cat file.txt | base64 # to encode
cat encoded.txt | base64 -d # to decode
Note:
If you get base64: INVALID INPUT error, that means your input file is not a base64 encoded file( it can not be decoded with base64). Example try to decode your text file.
base64 -d file.txt
Output:
base64: invalid input