bx base64 decode

Convert a Base64 value to binary data.

$ bx base64-decode --help

Usage: bx base64-decode [-h] [--config VALUE] [BASE64]                   

Info: Convert a Base64 value to binary data.                             

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

BASE64               The Base64 value to decode as binary data. If not   
                     specified the value is read from STDIN.

The output of this command is not "printable" and can therefore produce unexpected results when piped into another command.

See also base64-encode.

Example 1

$ bx base64-decode TGV0IHVzIHNwZWFrIG5vIG1vcmUgb2YgZmFpdGggaW4gbWFuLCBidXQgYmluZCBoaW0gZG93biBmcm9tIG1pc2NoaWVmIGJ5IHRoZSBjaGFpbnMgb2YgY3J5cHRvZ3JhcGh5Lg==

Let us speak no more of faith in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography.

Example 2

RFC4648 Test Vector

$ bx base64-decode Zm9vYmFy

foobar