uudecode.1 (969B)
1 .Dd 2015-10-08 2 .Dt UUDECODE 1 3 .Os sbase 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm uudecode 6 .Nd decode a uuencoded file 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm 9 .Op Fl m 10 .Op Fl o Ar output 11 .Op Ar file 12 .Sh DESCRIPTION 13 .Nm 14 reads 15 .Ar file 16 and writes a decoded version to the file specified in the uuencoded header. 17 In case the file already exists, it is truncated. Otherwise a new file is 18 created. The permissions of the created/accessed file are changed to 19 reflect the mode in the header. 20 If no 21 .Ar file 22 is given 23 .Nm 24 reads from stdin. 25 .Sh OPTIONS 26 .Bl -tag -width Ds 27 .It Fl m 28 Use Base64 for decoding. 29 .It Fl o Ar output 30 Write to 31 .Ar output 32 rather than the file specified in the header. 33 .El 34 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES 35 For safety uudecode operates on regular files and stdout only. 36 Trying to uudecode to a link, directory, or special file 37 yields an error. 38 .Sh SEE ALSO 39 .Xr uuencode 1 40 .Sh STANDARDS 41 The 42 .Nm 43 utility is compliant with the 44 .St -p1003.1-2013 45 specification. 46 .Pp 47 The 48 .Op Fl m 49 flag is an extension to that specification.