method

b64encode

ruby latest stable - Class: Base64

b64encode(bin, len = 60)

public

Prints the Base64 encoded version of bin (a String) in lines of len (default 60) characters.

require 'base64'
data = "Now is the time for all good coders\nto learn Ruby" 
Base64.b64encode(data)

Generates:

Tm93IGlzIHRoZSB0aW1lIGZvciBhbGwgZ29vZCBjb2RlcnMKdG8gbGVhcm4g
UnVieQ==

# File lib/base64.rb, line 112
  def b64encode(bin, len = 60)
    encode64(bin).scan(/.{1,#{len}}/) do
      print $&, "\n"
    end
  end

grosser · Oct 17, 20081 thank

b64encode will print to the commandline, what a useful feature...