split - split a file into pieces
split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]
SPLIT(1) 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 --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, ... (pow- ers 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/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.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 redistribute 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' 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/core- utils-8.16.tar.xz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/. GNU coreutils 8.16 March 2012 SPLIT(1)