XXEncode files on the Windows, Linux or MacOS shell easily with sfk xxencode. 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 xxencode fileOrDirParms
sfk sel ... +xxencode

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 xxenc      same as xxencode
   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 xxdecode   extract encoded files

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

sfk xxencode fileOrDirParms
sfk sel ... +xxencode

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 xxenc      same as xxencode
   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 xxdecode   extract encoded files


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

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