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NAME
split - split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split [-lines] [-l lines] [-b bytes[bkm]] [-C bytes[bkm]] [--lines=lines]
[--bytes=bytes[bkm]] [--line-bytes=bytes[bkm]] [infile [outfile-prefix]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of split. split creates one
or more output files (as many as necessary) containing consecutive
sections of the infile, or the standard input if none is given or the
name `-' is given. By default, split puts 1000 lines of the input file,
or whatever is left if it is less than that, into each output file.
The output file names consist of a prefix followed by a group of letters,
chosen so that concatenating the output files in sorted order by file
name produces the original input file, in order. The default output file
name prefix is `x'. If the outfile-prefix argument is given, it is used
as the output file name prefix instead.
OPTIONS
-lines, -l lines, --lines=lines
Put lines lines of the input file into each output file.
-b bytes[bkm], --bytes=bytes[bkm]
Put bytes bytes of the input file into each output file. bytes is a
nonzero integer, optionally followed by one of the following
characters to specify a different unit.
b 512-byte blocks.
k 1-kilobyte blocks.
m 1-megabyte blocks.
-C bytes[bkm], --line-bytes=bytes[bkm]
Put into each output file as many complete lines of the input file
as is possible without exceeding bytes bytes. If a line that is
longer than bytes bytes occurs, put bytes bytes of it into each
output file until less than bytes bytes of the line are left, then
continue normally. bytes has the same format as for the --bytes
option.
The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as `--', for
compatibility with previous releases. Eventually support for `+' will be
removed, because it is incompatible with the POSIX.2 standard.