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To encode a string into base64, echo and openssl system utilities can be used:

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# echo -n 'somepassword' | openssl enc -base64
c29tZXBhc3N3b3Jk


The -n switch to echo is used to supress echoing a new line character. For example, below is a difference between base64 encoded string that doesn't contain newline and on that does:

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# echo -n 'somepassword' | openssl enc -base64
c29tZXBhc3N3b3Jk
# echo 'somepassword' | openssl enc -base64
c29tZXBhc3N3b3JkCg==