GNU/Linux |
RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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split − split a file into pieces
split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]
Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default PREFIX is ’x’. With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
−a,
−−suffix−length=N
use suffixes of length N (default 2)
−b, −−bytes=SIZE
put SIZE bytes per output file
−C, −−line−bytes=SIZE
put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
−l, −−lines=NUMBER
put NUMBER lines per output file
−−verbose
print a diagnostic to standard error just before each output file is opened
−−help |
display this help and exit |
−−version
output version information and exit
SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and split programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info split
should give you access to the complete manual.
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