# Base64 Encoding

There are two easy ways to base64 encode a string. You can use [b64encode](/https://man.openbsd.org/b64encode):

    $ b64encode randomname
    begin-base64 644 test
    randomstring
    cmFuZG9tc3RyaW5n


Or you can use this perl one-liner:

    perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print encode_base64("randomstring");'
    cmFuZG9tc3RyaW5n


To decode a base64 string, you can use [b64decode](/https://man.openbsd.org/b64decode):