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MEWENCODE(1) General Commands Manual MEWENCODE(1)

mewencode, mewdecode, mewcat - MIME encoder/decoder

mewencode [-options] [infile [outfile]]

mewdecode [-options] [infile [outfile]]

mewcat [-options] [infile]

The mewencode utility encode/decode MIME objects.

The options are as follows:

Encoding.
Decoding.
-8
See if any 8bit characters are contained.
MIME base64 en/decoding.
MIME quoted-printable en/decoding.
MIME gzip64 en/decoding(not yet specified in RFC).
The same as -g.
Uudecoding.
Line length into which base64/quoted-printable/gzip64 encoding truncate.
On base64/gzip64 encoding, local newline is treated as CRLF. On base/gzip64 decoding, any newline is translated into local newline. Specify this option only when the input is a line based object(e.g. Content-Type: is text/plain or application/postscript).
Display this help message.
Display the version.
March 17, 2001 4th Berkeley Distribution