On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 06:10:59AM -0700, user list wrote: > Thanks very much for the reply. The file is powerpoint. I will try your > first suggestion since a. I don't know perl (yet?) and b. I know nothing > of base64 encoding. > > Art Edwards > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 01:01:29PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Arthur H. Edwards wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to decode an applefile ppt that is in base64 coding. I have > > > read that there is a utility base64-decode that might work? Because > > > packages is down, can someone tell me the appropriate package(s) to > > > read? > > > > Well, if the contents of that file aren't too big you could do something > > like this: > > > > perl -MMIME::Base64 -le 'print decode_base64("<encoded_text>")' > > > > Otherwise you might want to write a 5-line perl script for it.
Which is included in libmime-base64-perl. Visit /usr/share/doc/libmime-base64-perl/examples. -- Ogden's Law: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]