split(1) — Linux manual pages

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DESCRIPTION

Output pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.

With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

−a, −−suffix−length=N: generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
−−additional−suffix=SUFFIX: append an additional SUFFIX to file names
−b, −−bytes=SIZE: put SIZE bytes per output file
−C, −−line−bytes=SIZE: put at most SIZE bytes of records per output file
−d, −−numeric−suffixes[=FROM]: use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic; FROM changes the start value (default 0)
−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/records per output file
−n, −−number=CHUNKS: generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
−t, −−separator=SEP: use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero) specifies the NUL character
−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

The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000).

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/records
l/K/N: output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records
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

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Name

Synopsis

DESCRIPTION

CHUNKS may be:

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