Thrown together in PHP.
Usage:
| Encode | /path/to/base64 -e 'The quick brown fox' /path/to/base64 'The quick brown fox' |
| Decode | /path/to/base64 -d VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveA== |
| Help | /path/to/base64 -h |
Note that the script output is not succeeded by a newline, the reason being that I don't want to have to trim a newline every time I call this script from somewhere else.
#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php
/*
* Simple Base64 encode/decode shell utility written in PHP
* (C) 2004 by Andy Chase (achase@greyledge.net)
* http://sundown.greyledge.net
*
* Feel free to use and redistribute this code in any way you see fit,
* provided this notice remains in place.
*/
$action = '';
$string = '';
switch($_SERVER['argv'][1]){
case '-e':
$action = 'encode';
$string = $_SERVER['argv'][2];
break;
case '-d':
$action = 'decode';
$string = $_SERVER['argv'][2];
break;
case '-h':
$action = 'help';
break;
case '':
$action = 'help';
break;
default:
$action = 'encode';
$string = $_SERVER['argv'][1];
}
switch($action){
case 'encode':
echo base64_encode($string);
break;
case 'decode':
echo base64_decode($string);
break;
case 'help':
echo "Usage: base64 [-edh] [string]\n\t-e\tBase64-encode [string]\n\t-d\tBase64-decode [string]\n \t-h\tDisplay this message.\n";
}
?>