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split − split a file into pieces
split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]
Output fixed−size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and 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
−d, −−numeric−suffixes
use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic
−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 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
Report bugs to <bug−coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
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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