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Openssl: Commandline base64 string encoding

To encode a string into base64, echo and openssl system utilities can be used:


The -n switch to echo is used to supress echoing a new line character. For example, below is a difference between base64 encoded string that doesn't contain newline and on that does:

Update: also the "base64" utility can be used:


This utility needs to be installed separately on FreeBSD/Debian.

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