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            1 .Dd October 8, 2015
            2 .Dt UUDECODE 1
            3 .Os sbase
            4 .Sh NAME
            5 .Nm uudecode
            6 .Nd decode a uuencoded file
            7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
            8 .Nm
            9 .Op Fl m
           10 .Op Fl o Ar output
           11 .Op Ar file
           12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
           13 .Nm
           14 reads
           15 .Ar file
           16 and writes a decoded version to the file specified in the uuencoded header.
           17 In case the file already exists, it is truncated.
           18 Otherwise a new file is created.
           19 The permissions of the created/accessed file are changed to reflect the
           20 mode in the header.
           21 If no
           22 .Ar file
           23 is given
           24 .Nm
           25 reads from stdin.
           26 .Sh OPTIONS
           27 .Bl -tag -width Ds
           28 .It Fl m
           29 Use Base64 for decoding.
           30 .It Fl o Ar output
           31 Write to
           32 .Ar output
           33 rather than the file specified in the header.
           34 .El
           35 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
           36 For safety uudecode operates on regular files and stdout only.
           37 Trying to uudecode to a link, directory, or special file
           38 yields an error.
           39 .Sh SEE ALSO
           40 .Xr uuencode 1
           41 .Sh STANDARDS
           42 POSIX.1-2013.
           43 .Pp
           44 The
           45 .Op Fl m
           46 flag is an extension to that specification.