- 1 year ago
base64 codec for use with pipe in powershell
In PowerShell, you can use the ConvertTo-Base64
and ConvertFrom-Base64
cmdlets to encode and decode data in base64 format when working with pipes.
To encode data to base64 format using a pipe, you can use the ConvertTo-Base64
cmdlet like this:
powershellGet-Content file.txt | ConvertTo-Base64 | Out-File encoded.txt
This will read the content of the file.txt
, encode it to base64, and then save the encoded data to the encoded.txt
file.
To decode base64 data from a file and display it in the console, you can use the ConvertFrom-Base64
cmdlet like this:
powershellGet-Content encoded.txt | ConvertFrom-Base64
This will read the content of the encoded.txt
, decode it from base64, and display the original data in the console.
You can also use the base64 encoding and decoding cmdlets directly in your PowerShell scripts to work with data in base64 format.
Keep in mind that base64 encoding is commonly used for encoding binary data as text, but it may not be suitable for all scenarios, especially when dealing with large files or binary data. In such cases, consider using other methods for data serialization and transfer.