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- .th SPLIT I 1/15/73
- .sh NAME
- split \*- split a file into pieces
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd split
- .bd \*-\fIn
- [ file [ name ] ]
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Split
- reads
- .it file
- and writes
- it in
- \fIn\fR-line
- pieces
- (default 1000), as many as necessary,
- onto
- a set of output files. The name of the first output
- file is
- .it name
- with
- .bd aa
- appended, and so on
- lexicographically.
- If no output name is given,
- .bd x
- is default.
- .s3
- If no input file is given, or
- if
- .bd \*-
- is given in its stead,
- then the standard input file is used.
- .sh BUGS
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