uutils · cakebaker · Nov 4, 2025 · Nov 4, 2025
diff --git a/docs/src/extensions.md b/docs/src/extensions.md
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Similar to the proc-ps implementation and unlike GNU/Coreutils, `uptime` provide
 
 ## `base32/base64/basenc`
 
-Just like on macOS, `base32/base64/basenc` provides `-D` to decode data and `-o` to output to a file.
+Just like on macOS, `base32/base64/basenc` provides `-D` to decode data.
 
 ## `shred`
 

diff --git a/src/uu/base32/locales/en-US.ftl b/src/uu/base32/locales/en-US.ftl
@@ -57,4 +57,3 @@ base-common-read-error = read error: {$error}
 base-common-help-decode = decode data
 base-common-help-ignore-garbage = when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters
 base-common-help-wrap = wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default {$default}, 0 to disable wrapping)
-base-common-help-output-file = output to OUTPUT_FILE instead of stdout
diff --git a/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs b/src/uu/base32/src/base_common.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufWriter, ErrorKind, Read, Seek, Write};
+use std::io::{self, ErrorKind, Read, Seek};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::encoding::{
@@ -34,15 +34,13 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub ignore_garbage: bool,
     pub wrap_cols: Option<usize>,
     pub to_read: Option<PathBuf>,
-    pub output_file: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static DECODE: &str = "decode";
     pub static WRAP: &str = "wrap";
     pub static IGNORE_GARBAGE: &str = "ignore-garbage";
     pub static FILE: &str = "file";
-    pub static OUTPUT_FILE: &str = "output_file";
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -88,17 +86,11 @@ impl Config {
             })
             .transpose()?;
 
-        let output_file = match options.get_one::<OsString>(options::OUTPUT_FILE) {
-            Some(value) if value != "-" => Some(Path::new(value).to_owned()),
-            _ => None,
-        };
-
         Ok(Self {
             decode: options.get_flag(options::DECODE),
             ignore_garbage: options.get_flag(options::IGNORE_GARBAGE),
             wrap_cols,
             to_read,
-            output_file,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -146,14 +138,6 @@ pub fn base_app(about: &'static str, usage: &str) -> Command {
                 .help(translate!("base-common-help-wrap", "default" => WRAP_DEFAULT))
                 .overrides_with(options::WRAP),
         )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::new(options::OUTPUT_FILE)
-                .short('o')
-                .long(options::OUTPUT_FILE)
-                .help(translate!("base-common-help-output-file"))
-                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString))
-                .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
-        )
         // "multiple" arguments are used to check whether there is more than one
         // file passed in.
         .arg(
@@ -210,10 +194,7 @@ pub fn handle_input<R: Read + Seek>(input: &mut R, format: Format, config: Confi
         get_supports_fast_decode_and_encode(format, config.decode, has_padding);
 
     let supports_fast_decode_and_encode_ref = supports_fast_decode_and_encode.as_ref();
-    let mut stdout_lock: Box<dyn Write> = match &config.output_file {
-        Some(path) => Box::new(BufWriter::new(File::create(path)?)),
-        None => Box::new(io::stdout().lock()),
-    };
+    let mut stdout_lock = io::stdout().lock();
     if config.decode {
         fast_decode::fast_decode(
             read,

diff --git a/src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs b/src/uu/base64/benches/base64_bench.rs
@@ -6,76 +6,64 @@
 use divan::{Bencher, black_box};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use uu_base64::uumain;
-use uucore::benchmark::{create_test_file, run_util_function, setup_test_file, text_data};
+use uucore::benchmark::{create_test_file, run_util_function, text_data};
 
 fn create_tmp_file(size_mb: usize) -> String {
+    let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let data = text_data::generate_by_size(size_mb, 80);
-    let file_path = setup_test_file(&data);
+    let file_path = create_test_file(&data, temp_dir.path());
     String::from(file_path.to_str().unwrap())
 }
 
 /// Benchmark for base64 encoding
 #[divan::bench()]
 fn b64_encode_synthetic(bencher: Bencher) {
-    let file_path_str = &create_tmp_file(50);
+    let file_path_str = &create_tmp_file(5_000);
 
     bencher.bench(|| {
-        black_box(run_util_function(
-            uumain,
-            &["-o", "/dev/null", file_path_str],
-        ));
+        black_box(run_util_function(uumain, &[file_path_str]));
     });
 }
 
 // Benchmark for base64 decoding
 #[divan::bench()]
 fn b64_decode_synthetic(bencher: Bencher) {
     let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    let file_path_str = &create_tmp_file(50);
+    let file_path_str = &create_tmp_file(5_000);
     let in_file = create_test_file(b"", temp_dir.path());
     let in_file_str = in_file.to_str().unwrap();
     uumain(
         [
-            OsString::from(uucore::util_name()),
-            OsString::from("-o"),
-            OsString::from(in_file_str),
             OsString::from(file_path_str),
+            OsString::from(format!(">{in_file_str}")),
         ]
         .iter()
         .map(|x| (*x).clone()),
     );
 
     bencher.bench(|| {
-        black_box(run_util_function(
-            uumain,
-            &["-d", "-o", "/dev/null", in_file_str],
-        ));
+        black_box(run_util_function(uumain, &["-d", in_file_str]));
     });
 }
 
 // Benchmark different file sizes for base64 decoding ignoring garbage characters
 #[divan::bench()]
 fn b64_decode_ignore_garbage_synthetic(bencher: Bencher) {
     let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    let file_path_str = &create_tmp_file(50);
+    let file_path_str = &create_tmp_file(5_000);
     let in_file = create_test_file(b"", temp_dir.path());
     let in_file_str = in_file.to_str().unwrap();
     uumain(
         [
-            OsString::from(uucore::util_name()),
-            OsString::from("-o"),
-            OsString::from(in_file_str),
             OsString::from(file_path_str),
+            OsString::from(format!(">{in_file_str}")),
         ]
         .iter()
         .map(|x| (*x).clone()),
     );
 
     bencher.bench(|| {
-        black_box(run_util_function(
-            uumain,
-            &["-d", "-i", "-o", "/dev/null", in_file_str],
-        ));
+        black_box(run_util_function(uumain, &["-d", "-i", in_file_str]));
     });
 }