UUDECODE(1)

NAME
uudecode - decode a binary file

SYNOPSIS
        # decode to the name in the header
        % uudecode [-i] file.uu

        # decode to the name on the command line
        % uudecode -o output.txt file.uu

        # decode to standard output despite the header
        % uudecode -o - file.uu

DESCRIPTION
This program decodes a uuencoded file and saves the results to the file denoted in the header line.

OPTIONS
The following options are available:

-i  Do not overwrite files.

-o FILE
    Write output to specified FILE, ignoring filename in uuencode header line. If FILE is '-', standard output will be used.

AUTHOR
Originally by Nick Ing-Simmons but since irrecognizably hacked on by Tom Christiansen. brian d foy further packaged, improved, and tested it.