CLI for Base64?
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enhancement
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- Ruby
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Description
I'm thinking of building a CLI for Base64 that would be a classic filter: take input from stdin and put output onto stdout. Later enhancements could add input from files (CL arguments).
Would this be useful?
The GNU base64 command has these options:
-d, --decode decode data
-i, --ignore-garbage when decoding, ignore non-alphabet characters
-w, --wrap=COLS wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).
Use 0 to disable line wrapping
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Would those be the right ones for us?
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No file or test is named; first review the repository layout and existing command-line conventions to determine where a filter would belong. Define the supported stdin/stdout behavior and GNU-compatible options before implementation, then verify the agreed CLI behavior with tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100