split(1) — Linux manual pages

Linux manual pages	Section 1: General Commands

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, ... (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/coreutils/>

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