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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Transfer Encodings
|released=~1989
}}
'''ABE''' is binary-to-text transfer encoding utility and format, developed by Brad Templeton. It converts an arbitrary file to an ASCII text format suitable for Usenet or email. It is Unix-centric, though intended to be portable.

The ''encoding'' is usually written all caps as "ABE". The ''software'' may be written "abe" or "Abe".

== Identification ==
The format has no clear signature, though the string "{{magic|##S}}" will appear somewhere near the beginning of the payload data.

Files made by the original software start with two comment lines:

;ABE ASCII-Binary-Encoding (by Brad Templeton)
;Use 'sort' and/or 'dabe' to decode

And end with:

;End of ABE encoding

== Specifications ==
* Refer to the "abeformat" file included with the source code.

== Software ==
* Source code: [https://www.templetons.com/brad/ Author's home page] → "ABE" → [https://www.templetons.com/downloads/abe.tar.Z abe.tar.Z]
* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk2/DISC2/DECODE/ABE.ZIP|ABE.ZIP}} - DOS version

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	* {{CdTextfiles\|simtel/simtel9510/disk2/DISC2/DECODE/ABE.ZIP\|ABE.ZIP}} - DOS version		* {{CdTextfiles\|simtel/simtel9510/disk2/DISC2/DECODE/ABE.ZIP\|ABE.ZIP}} - DOS version
	* {{CdTextfiles\|sourcecode/unix_c/mail/abe.tar\|abe.tar}} - An older version		* {{CdTextfiles\|sourcecode/unix_c/mail/abe.tar\|abe.tar}} - An older version
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		+	== Sample files ==
		+	* {{DexvertSamples\|archive/abeEncoded}}

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	* Source code: [https://www.templetons.com/brad/ Author's home page] → "ABE" → [https://www.templetons.com/downloads/abe.tar.Z abe.tar.Z]		* Source code: [https://www.templetons.com/brad/ Author's home page] → "ABE" → [https://www.templetons.com/downloads/abe.tar.Z abe.tar.Z]
	* {{CdTextfiles\|simtel/simtel9510/disk2/DISC2/DECODE/ABE.ZIP\|ABE.ZIP}} - DOS version		* {{CdTextfiles\|simtel/simtel9510/disk2/DISC2/DECODE/ABE.ZIP\|ABE.ZIP}} - DOS version
		+	* {{CdTextfiles\|sourcecode/unix_c/mail/abe.tar\|abe.tar}} - An older version