Wednesday, October 20, 2010

uuencode

uuencode uudecode

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install uuencode
Centos: yum install sharutils

Copy past need to include begin and end\n keyword


e.g. ( this article has an uuencoding file brazil_SMM.tgz )
http://www.phrack.com/issues.html?issue=65&id=7#article


A uuencoded file starts with a header line of the form:
 begin <mode> <file><newline>


e.g.,

begin 644 cat.txt
#0V%T
`
end


wiki explains uuencoding:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuencoding

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