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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## uuencode

    uuencode [file] name | mail remotesys!usr

Convert a binary `file` to a form which can be sent to `usr` via mail. The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters and includes the mode and `name` of the file. When `file` is reconverted via uudecode on the remote system, output will be sent to `name`. (Therefore, when saving the encoded mail message to a file on the remote system, don't store it in a file called `name` or you'll overwrite it!) Note that uuencode can take standard input, so a single argument will be taken as the name to be given to the file when it is decoded.

Reference: uudecode |  | Reference: uuglist