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uuencode(5)							   uuencode(5)

Name
       uuencode - format of an encoded uuencode file

Description
       Files  output by consist of a header line, followed by a number of body
       lines, and a trailer line.  The command ignores any lines preceding the
       header or following the trailer.	 Lines preceding a header must not, of
       course, look like a header.

       The header line is distinguished by having the first six characters  by
       the  word ``begin'', followed by a space.  The next item on the line is
       a mode (in octal) and a string which names the remote  file.   A	 space
       separates the three items in the header line.

       The body consists of a number of lines, each at most 62 characters long
       including the trailing new line.	 These consist of a  character	count,
       followed	 by encoded characters, followed by a new line.	 The character
       count is a single printing character and	 represents  an	 integer,  the
       number  of  bytes  the  rest of the line represents.  Such integers are
       always in the range from 0 to 63 and can be determined  by  subtracting
       the character space (octal 40) from the character.

       Groups  of  3 bytes are stored in 4 characters, with 6 bits per charac‐
       ter.  All are offset by a space to make the characters print.  The last
       line  may  be  shorter  than the normal 45 bytes.  If the size is not a
       multiple of 3, this fact can be determined by the value of the count on
       the last line.  Extra dummy characters are included to make the charac‐
       ter count a multiple of 4.  The body is terminated by  a	 line  with  a
       count of zero.  This line consists of one ASCII space.

       The trailer line consists of “end” on a line by itself.

See Also
       mail(1), uucp(1c), uudecode(1c), uuencode(1c), uusend(1c)

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