base64-image.txt

Stored for reference. Base64 encoding of images.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16918602/how-to-base64-encode-image-in-linux-bash-shell/16918665

Mac OS terminal modification: base64 -i <in-file>
Usage:	base64 [-hvD] [-b num] [-i in_file] [-o out_file]
  -h, --help     display this message
  -D, --decode   decodes input
  -b, --break    break encoded string into num character lines
  -i, --input    input file (default: "-" for stdin)
  -o, --output   output file (default: "-" for stdout)
  
  
  

Single line result on Linux:

base64 -w 0 DSC_0251.JPG

For HTML:

echo "data:image/jpeg;base64,$(base64 -w 0 DSC_0251.JPG)"

As file:

base64 -w 0 DSC_0251.JPG > DSC_0251.JPG.base64

In variable:

IMAGE_BASE64="$(base64 -w 0 DSC_0251.JPG)"

In variable for HTML:

IMAGE_BASE64="data:image/jpeg;base64,$(base64 -w 0 DSC_0251.JPG)"

See: http://www.greywyvern.com/code/php/binary2base64