UUDeview is a highly flexible open-source command-line utility used to encode and decode binary files transmitted over text-based networks. Developed by Frank Pilhofer and currently maintained on the UUDeview GitHub Repository, it was designed as a modern, “smart” replacement for the classic Unix uuencode and uudecode tools. Core Features
Multi-Format Support: The software dynamically processes Base64 (MIME), uuencoding, xxencoding, yEnc, BinHex, and quoted-printable formats.
Automatic Detection: It automatically scans input text files, detects the encoding scheme, and handles files without manual configuration.
Intelligent Stitching: The program can scan a disorganized batch of emails or Usenet newsgroup posts, filter out text headers, find multi-part split files, and reconstruct the original binary file in the correct order.
Interactive Mode: It lists successfully grouped files and lets you selectively extract, rename, skip, or review data information before writing it to a disk. Related Tools in the Package
uudeview(1): powerful decoder for binary files – Linux man page
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