base64-encode

# Source - https://superuser.com/a
# Posted by WesternGun
# Retrieved 2026-01-10, License - CC BY-SA 4.0

base64-encode-func() {
    if [ -z "$@" ]; then
        echo "Encode string with base64; echoing without line break, and base64 does not print line break neither, to not introducing extra chars while redirecting. Provide the string to encode. "
        return 1
    fi
    echo -n "$@" | base64 -w 0  # here I suppose string if containing space is already quoted
}

base64-encode-func "$@"