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UUEncode files on the Windows command line easily with sfk uuencode. Free and portable Open Source, instant download, no installation.
  • 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 uuencode fileOrDirParms
sfk sel ... +uuencode

encode (binary) files as plain ascii text,
for embedding in other text like email,
or terminal output copied by clipboard.

options
   -tofile f  write output to file f.
   -quiet     print no 'wrote file' info at end.
   -pure      create no meta records. by default
              meta records with size, time and
              the crc32 checksum are written.
   -bslash    use backslashes \ in filenames,
              do not change them to '/'.

command chaining
   accepts filenames from previous commands,
   allowing to encode multiple files in one go.

limitations
   embeds filename characters as is, without any
   codepage or utf-8 conversion. accent or unicode
   characters in filenames may appear wrong on
   target systems.

aliases
   sfk uuenc      same as uuencode
   sfk uuencode   use uuencode format
   sfk xxencode   use xxencode format
      xxencode format is recommended over uuencode
      as it is less likely broken by email transfer.
      use uuencode if the receiver only has uudecode.

see also
   sfk uudecode   extract encoded files

please note
   the standard uudecode command on linux/mac may only
   extract the first file of uuencoded text, ignoring
   the rest. if linux/mac is the target system consider
   encoding a single tar or zip file, or get sfk on
   that system as well.

examples
   sfk uuencode in.txt -tofile out.txt
      encode in.txt and write to out.txt
   sfk uuencode in.txt in2.txt +toclip
      encode two files and put into clipboard
   sfk uuencode mydir
      encode all files in mydir
   sfk uuencode mydir .png
      encode only .png files in mydir
   sfk dir mydir .png +uuencode
      same as above, but in two steps:
      first make a list of files to encode,
      and when done, append +uuencode
   sfk sel mydir .txt !old !save +uuencode
      encode all .txt files from mydir except
      files having old or save in their name
 
sfk uuencode fileOrDirParms
sfk sel ... +uuencode

encode (binary) files as plain ascii text,
for embedding in other text like email,
or terminal output copied by clipboard.

options
   -tofile f  write output to file f.
   -quiet     print no 'wrote file' info at 
              end.
   -pure      create no meta records. by 
              default meta records with
              size, time and the crc32
              checksum are written.
   -bslash    use backslashes \ in 
              filenames, do not change them
              to '/'.

command chaining
   accepts filenames from previous commands,
   allowing to encode multiple files in 
   one go.

limitations
   embeds filename characters as is, 
   without any codepage or utf-8 conversion.
   accent or unicode characters in
   filenames may appear wrong on target
   systems.

aliases
   sfk uuenc      same as uuencode
   sfk uuencode   use uuencode format
   sfk xxencode   use xxencode format
      xxencode format is recommended over 
      uuencode as it is less likely broken
      by email transfer. use uuencode if
      the receiver only has uudecode.

see also
   sfk uudecode   extract encoded files

please note
   the standard uudecode command on 
   linux/mac may only extract the first
   file of uuencoded text, ignoring the
   rest. if linux/mac is the target system
   consider encoding a single tar or zip
   file, or get sfk on that system as well.

examples sfk uuencode in.txt -tofile out.txt encode in.txt and write to out.txt sfk uuencode in.txt in2.txt +toclip encode two files and put into clipboard sfk uuencode mydir encode all files in mydir sfk uuencode mydir .png encode only .png files in mydir sfk dir mydir .png +uuencode same as above, but in two steps: first make a list of files to encode, and when done, append +uuencode sfk sel mydir .txt !old !save +uuencode encode all .txt files from mydir except files having old or save in their name

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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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