Editing Uuencoding (section)

=== Python ===
The [[Python (programming language)|Python]] language supports uuencoding using the codecs module with the codec "uu":

For Python 2 ''(deprecated/sunset as of January 1st 2020)'':
<syntaxhighlight lang="console" highlight="3">
$ python -c 'print "Cat".encode("uu")'
begin 666 <data>
#0V%T

end

$</syntaxhighlight>

For Python 3 ''where the codecs module needs to be imported and used directly'':
<syntaxhighlight lang="console" highlight="2">
$ python3 -c "from codecs import encode;print(encode(b'Cat', 'uu'))"
b'begin 666 <data>\n#0V%T\n \nend\n'
$</syntaxhighlight>

To decode, pass the whole file:
<syntaxhighlight lang="console" highlight="2">
$ python3 -c "from codecs import decode;print(decode(b'begin 666 <data>\n#0V%T\n \nend\n', 'uu'))"
b'Cat'
</syntaxhighlight>