Re: base64 translation

[HdV@DTO.TUDelft.NL]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Arthur H. Edwards wrote:

> I'm trying to decode an applefile ppt that is in base64 coding. I have
> read that there is a utility base64-decode that might work? Because
> packages is down, can someone tell me the appropriate package(s) to
> read?

Well, if the contents of that file aren't too big you could do something
like this:

perl -MMIME::Base64 -le 'print decode_base64("<encoded_text>")'

Otherwise you might want to write a 5-line perl script for it.

HTH

Grx HdV