base-x-bin


Command line utility for fast base encoding / decoding of any given alphabet using bitcoin style leading zero compression.

Examples

* -a to use a built-in alphabet (see Alphabets)
* -d|--decode to decode
* -i|--inline for an inline alphabet argument

Base58
`` bash
echo "test" | basex -a 58
// E8f4pE5

echo -n "E8f4pE5" | basex -d -a 58
// test

cat /dev/urandom | head -c 32 | basex -a 58
// 5F8C26whY3W4kXToXVziUE6WACBwjx3bNRuG1ekQ9M8d
`

Custom
` bash
echo "Z" | basex -d -i "012"
// 10110

echo -n "10100" | basex -d -i "012"
// "Z"

cat /dev/urandom | head -c 32 | basex -i "012"
// 12121200000212100001002211221001110102210001110221022102001100020201012022102112001010101210020001011021020020021102211121221000010110222201211201001011200002022
`




$3

Below is the list of included alphabets, and their respective base.

Base | Alphabet
------------- | -------------
2 | 01
8 | 01234567
11 | 0123456789a
16 | 0123456789abcdef
32 | 0123456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTVWXYZ
36 | 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
58 | 123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz
62 | 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
64 | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/
66 | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_.!~`

How it works

See https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/base-x

LICENSE MIT