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1.1     ! root        1: .TH UUENCODE 5 6/1/80
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: uuencode \- format of an encoded uuencode file
        !             5: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             6: Files output by
        !             7: .I uuencode(1)
        !             8: consist of a header line,
        !             9: followed by a number of body lines,
        !            10: and a trailer line.
        !            11: .I Uudecode(1)
        !            12: will ignore any lines preceding the header or
        !            13: following the trailer.
        !            14: Lines preceding a header must not, of course,
        !            15: look like a header.
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: The header line is distinguished by having the first
        !            18: 6 characters \*(lqbegin\ \*(rq.
        !            19: The word
        !            20: .I begin
        !            21: is followed by a mode (in octal),
        !            22: and a string which names the remote file.
        !            23: A space separates the three items in the header line.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: The body consists of a number of lines, each at most 62 characters
        !            26: long (including the trailing newline).
        !            27: These consist of a character count,
        !            28: followed by encoded characters,
        !            29: followed by a newline.
        !            30: The character count is a single printing character,
        !            31: and represents an integer, the number of bytes
        !            32: the rest of the line represents.
        !            33: Such integers are always in the range from 0 to 63 and can
        !            34: be determined by subtracting the character space (octal 40)
        !            35: from the character.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: Groups of 3 bytes are stored in 4 characters, 6 bits per character.
        !            38: All are offset by a space to make the characters printing.
        !            39: The last line may be shorter than the normal 45 bytes.
        !            40: If the size is not a multiple of 3, this fact can be determined
        !            41: by the value of the count on the last line.
        !            42: Extra garbage will be included to make the character count a multiple
        !            43: of 4.
        !            44: The body is terminated by a line with a count of zero.
        !            45: This line consists of one ASCII space.
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: The trailer line consists of \*(lqend\*(rq on a line by itself.
        !            48: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !            49: uuencode(1), uusend(1), uucp(1), mail(1)

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