Encode a file and write the result to a file

uuencode

  • Encode binary files into ASCII for transport via mediums that only support simple ASCII encoding.
    More information: <https://manned.org/uuencode>.
  • Trick copyright: tl;dr; <https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr>

uuencode -o {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}} {{output_file_name_after_decoding}}

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