base256u

A program that converts between bytes and UTF-8 codepoints. Printable ASCII is preserved, and all other characters (including newlines) are mapped to a low unicode codepoint.

$ cargo install base256u-cli
...

$ python -c 'import sys; sys.stdout.buffer.write(bytes(list(range(256))))' | base256u
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$ python -c 'import sys; sys.stdout.buffer.write(bytes(list(range(256))))' | base256u -ew 36
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😤😥😦😧😨😩😪😫😬😭😮😯😰😱😲😳😴😵😶😷😸😹😺😻😼😽😾😿🙀🙁🙂🙃🙄🙅🙆🙇
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🤬🤭🤮🤯

$ echo Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. | base256u
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.º

$ echo Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. | base256u | base256u -d
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

$ echo Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. | base256u -e
🐀🐑🐓🐛🍐🐝🐩🍐🐒🐟🐨🍐🐧🐙🐤🐘🍐🐖🐙🐦🐕🍐🐔🐟🐪🐕🐞🍐🐜🐙🐡🐥🐟🐢🍐🐚🐥🐗🐣🍞🌺

$ echo Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. | base256u -e | base256u -de
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

$ dd if=/dev/urandom bs=36 count=1 2>/dev/null | base256u
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$ dd if=/dev/urandom bs=36 count=1 2>/dev/null | base256u -e
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