#!/usr/bin/perl local($/) = undef; print enc(); sub enc { my $s = shift; my $r = ''; while( $s =~ /(.{1,45})/gs ){ chop( $r .= substr(pack("u",$1),1) ); } my $pad=(3-length($s)%3)%3; $r=~tr|` -_|AA-Za-z0-9+/|; $r=~s/.{$pad}$/"="x$pad/e if $pad; $r=~s/(.{1,76})/$1\n/g; $r; }