uuencode - I must be in the Twilight Zone
by taylorkh from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5FYXJ)
Many years ago I took an image file, ran it through uuencode (on a Windoze machine), cut 10 columns from the resulting file and have used that data for years as a source of random passwords. Recently I observed that ALL of my passwords start with "M". I obviously changed the first character to M for some reason but I have no idea why. I decided to generate some new passwords.
I installed sharutils on my CentSOS 7 machine. Based on the man pageCode:SYNOPSIS
uuencode [-flag [value]]... [--opt-name[[=| ]value]]... [ in-file ] output-name I should be able to execute Code:uuencode Greta\ Granstedt.jpg Greta.uuHowever, no output file is created. The uuencoded data is displayed in the terminal. If I try redirecting Quote:
control does not return to the terminal until I press Ctrl-D. The resulting file containsCode:begin 664 Greta Granstedt.jpg
`
endI have searched and read at least a half dozen tutorials/examples which seem to confirm this syntax. I tried the same operation on Linux Mint 20. Same thing. It can't be this hard :(
What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Ken
p.s. See Greta Grandstedt in "Street Scene" on IMDB. You can probably guess which picture I have chosen :D:D:D
I installed sharutils on my CentSOS 7 machine. Based on the man pageCode:SYNOPSIS
uuencode [-flag [value]]... [--opt-name[[=| ]value]]... [ in-file ] output-name I should be able to execute Code:uuencode Greta\ Granstedt.jpg Greta.uuHowever, no output file is created. The uuencoded data is displayed in the terminal. If I try redirecting Quote:
| uuencode Greta\ Granstedt.jpg > Greta.uu |
`
endI have searched and read at least a half dozen tutorials/examples which seem to confirm this syntax. I tried the same operation on Linux Mint 20. Same thing. It can't be this hard :(
What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Ken
p.s. See Greta Grandstedt in "Street Scene" on IMDB. You can probably guess which picture I have chosen :D:D:D