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split

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

-l, --lines=NUMBER

put NUMBER lines per output file

--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.

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 © 2010 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.

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 aqsplit invocationaq

should give you access to the complete manual.