split
(1g)
Name
split - split a file into pieces
Synopsis
split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]
Description
User Commands SPLIT(1)
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
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 lines 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 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
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--version
output version information and exit
SIZE is an integer and optional unit (example: 10M is
10*1024*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 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/core-
utils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
elp/>
Report split translation bugs to <http://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redis-
tribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
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'
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should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/coreutils/.
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