
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"; } ?>