UUE(1)UUE(1)NAME
uue, uuencode - encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
SYNOPSISuue [-n] file [-]
OPTIONS-n # How many lines to put in each file
EXAMPLESuue file # Encode file to file.uue
uue file - >x # Encode file and write on stdout
uue-800 file # Output on file.uaa, file.uab etc.
DESCRIPTION
Uuencode is a famous program that converts an arbitrary (usually
binary) file to an encoding using only 64 ASCII characters. Uudecode
converts it back to the original file. The uue and uud programs are
the MINIX 3 versions of these programs, and are compatible with the
UNIX ones. The files produced can even be sent successfully over BIT‐
NET, which is notorious for mangling files. It is possible to have uue
automatically split the encoded file up into small chunks. The output
files then get the suffixes .uaa, .uab, etc., instead of .uue. When
uud is given file.uaa to decode, it automatically includes the subse‐
quent pieces. The encoding takes 3 bytes (24 bits) from the input file
and renders it as 4 bytes in the output file.
SEE ALSObtoa(1), uud(1).
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