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SPLIT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2011
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NAME

split - split a file into pieces  

SYNOPSIS

split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]  

DESCRIPTION

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

-e, --elide-empty-files

do not generate empty output files with `-n'

--filter=COMMAND

write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE

-l, --lines=NUMBER

put NUMBER lines per output file

-n, --number=CHUNKS

generate CHUNKS output files. See below

-u, --unbuffered

immediately copy input to output with `-n r/...'

--verbose

print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following: KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.

CHUNKS may be: N split into N files based on size of input K/N output Kth of N to stdout l/N split into N files without splitting lines l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines r/N like `l' but use round robin distribution r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout  

AUTHOR

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report split bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.shtml>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  

SEE ALSO

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 coreutils 'split invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

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SYNOPSIS

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REPORTING BUGS

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