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NAME

split - split a file into pieces  

SYNOPSIS

[-b byte_count[k|m] ] [-l line_count ] [file [name ] ]  

DESCRIPTION

The utility reads the given file (or standard input if no file is specified) and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each.

The options are as follows:

-b
Create smaller files byte_count bytes in length. If ``k '' is appended to the number, the file is split into byte_count kilobyte pieces. If ``m '' is appended to the number, the file is split into byte_count megabyte pieces.
-l
Create smaller files n lines in length.

If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name of the input file which is to be split. If a second additional argument is specified, it is used as a prefix for the names of the files into which the file is split. In this case, each file into which the file is split is named by the prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix in the range of ``aa-zz ''

If the name argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered files named in the range of ``xaa-zzz ''  

BUGS

For historical reasons, if you specify name can only create 676 separate files. The default naming convention allows 2028 separate files.  

HISTORY

A command appeared in AT&T System v6 .


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
BUGS
HISTORY

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