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SPLIT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: GNU Text Utilities
Index 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]] [--help] [--version][infile [outfile-prefix]]
DESCRIPTION
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This manual pagedocuments the GNU version ofsplit.splitcreates one or more output files (as many as necessary) containingconsecutive sections of theinfile,or the standard input if none is given or the name `-' is given.By default,splitputs 1000 lines of the input file, or whatever is left if it is lessthan that, into each output file.
The output file names consist of a prefix followed by a group ofletters, chosen so that concatenating the output files in sorted orderby file name produces the original input file, in order. The defaultoutput file name prefix is `x'. If theoutfile-prefixargument is given, it is used as the output file name prefix instead.
OPTIONS
- -lines, -l lines, --lines=lines
- Putlineslines of the input file into each output file.
- -b bytes[bkm], --bytes=bytes[bkm]
- Putbytesbytes of the input file into each output file.bytesis a nonzero integer, optionally followed by oneof 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 asis possible without exceedingbytesbytes. If a line that is longer thanbytesbytes occurs, putbytesbytes of it into each output file until less thanbytesbytes of the line are left, then continue normally.byteshas the same format as for the--bytesoption.
- --help
- Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating success.
- --version
- Print version information on standard output then exit.
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
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