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NAME

split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS

split [ OPTION ]... [ FILE [ PREFIX ]]

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

use numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic

--numeric-suffixes [= FROM ]

same as -d , but allow setting the start value

-x

use hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic

--hex-suffixes [= FROM ]

same as -x , but allow setting the start value

-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,R,Q (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.

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: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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