From Parameter (Convert-Data Cmdlet)
The format to decode Data with.
Syntax
Convert-Data -From string
Remarks
The following list contains all of the possible encoding types and their corresponding descriptions:
| Plain | Plain text. |
| UUEncode | 3 Bytes are encoded into 4 readable characters. |
| BASE64 | Encoding format of MIME. Much like UUEncode but another subset of printable characters is used. |
| QP | Another MIME format coding only special characters. Mostly used if the text contains special accented characters. |
| URL | Encoding of non-printable, 8-bit or unsafe characters as defined in RFC 1738. |
| JIS | Japanese Industrial Standards encoding of Japanese character sets. |
| YEncode | Similar to Base64, but uses 8-bit encoding to reduce the amount of data being sent and received. Designed for binaries on the Usenet or Email. |
| MD5 | The Message Digest 5 hashing algorithm produces a 128-bit hash output (Applicable only when -to is used). |
| SHA1 | The Secure Hash Algorithm produces a 128-bit hash output (Applicable only when -to is used). |
| HEX | Creates a hexadecimal string representation of the decoded data. |
Default Value
99