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Created October 7, 2018 00:18
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Quick python one-liner to decode URL safe base64 data that may be improperly padded
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base64_urldecode.sh
# $1 = file to parse
# $2 = file to write to
cat $1 | python -c 'import sys, base64; data=sys.stdin.read(); print base64.urlsafe_b64decode(data+"="*(4-len(data)%4))' > $2
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chapinb commented Oct 7, 2018

inspiration from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9956217/3194812

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