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encode text or data as base64, hex or prefixed hex with sfk encode for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Raspberry Pi.
  • Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
  • Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
  • OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
  • Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.
sfk encode|decode [infile] format [options]

en- or decode text or data.

formats
   -base64    encode all chars as a-z A-Z 0-9 +/
              with = used as padding character.
              add -nowrap to keep the output
              as one long line.
   -hex       encode all chars as hexadecimal
   -_hex      encode non-alphanumeric characters
              as prefix _ and hex value
   -\x25hex   encode non-alnum chars as % and hex
   -url       same as -\x25hex

options
   -linechars=n  with base64 format, number of chars
                 per output line. default is 40.
   -all       encode all chars, not just non-alnum
   -noeol     if text lines are received from a previous
              command then strip line end characters.
              default on encode with single input line
              and on hex decode without prefix.
              does nothing when loading from a file.
   -tofile x  write output to file x.
   -dump      show output data as hexdump.

see also
   sfk hexdump   produce hex data in many formats
   sfk hextobin  convert many hex formats to binary
   sfk uuencode  encode many files as plain text
   sfk md5       create checksum of file(s)

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-encode

examples
   sfk encode in.jpg -base64 -tofile out.txt
      encodes in.jpg as base64, writing to out.txt
   sfk decode in.txt -base64 -tofile out.dat
      decodes in.txt from base64, writing to out.dat
   sfk echo -spat "foo bar" +encode -url
      produces: foo%20bar
   sfk echo "foo_20bar" +decode -_hex
      produces: foo bar
   sfk fromclip +decode -url
      make an url copied from a web page readable
      by changing "foo%20bar" to "foo bar".

 
sfk encode|decode [infile] format 
   [options]

en- or decode text or data.

formats
   -base64    encode all chars as a-z A-Z 
              0-9 +/ with = used as padding
              character. add -nowrap to
              keep the output as one long
              line.
   -hex       encode all chars as 
              hexadecimal
   -_hex      encode non-alphanumeric 
              characters as prefix _ and
              hex value
   -\x25hex   encode non-alnum chars as % 
              and hex
   -url       same as -\x25hex

options
   -linechars=n  with base64 format, number 
                 of chars per output line.
                 default is 40.
   -all       encode all chars, not just 
              non-alnum
   -noeol     if text lines are received 
              from a previous command then
              strip line end characters.
              default on encode with single
              input line and on hex decode
              without prefix. does nothing
              when loading from a file.
   -tofile x  write output to file x.
   -dump      show output data as hexdump.

see also
   sfk hexdump   produce hex data in many 
                 formats
   sfk hextobin  convert many hex formats 
                 to binary
   sfk uuencode  encode many files as 
                 plain text
   sfk md5       create checksum of 
                 file(s)

web reference
   http://stahlworks.com/sfk-encode

examples sfk encode in.jpg -base64 -tofile out.txt encodes in.jpg as base64, writing to out.txt sfk decode in.txt -base64 -tofile out.dat decodes in.txt from base64, writing to out.dat sfk echo -spat "foo bar" +encode -url produces: foo%20bar sfk echo "foo_20bar" +decode -_hex produces: foo bar sfk fromclip +decode -url make an url copied from a web page readable by changing "foo%20bar" to "foo bar".

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sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's, no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for windows, linux and mac are included).

 

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