NAME

uudecode - decode a binary file

SYNOPSIS

# decode to the name in the header
% uudecode [-i] file.uu

# decode to the name on the command line
% uudecode -o output.txt file.uu

# decode to standard output despite the header
% uudecode -o - file.uu

DESCRIPTION

This program decodes a uuencoded file and saves the results to the file denoted in the header line.

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

-i

Do not overwrite files.

-o FILE

Write output to specified FILE, ignoring filename in uuencode header line. If FILE is '-', standard output will be used.

AUTHOR

Originally by Nick Ing-Simmons but since irrecognizably hacked on by Tom Christiansen. brian d foy further packaged, improved, and tested it.