Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 2008
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split - split a file into pieces  

split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]  

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 have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.  

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.  

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.  

Copyright © 2008 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.  

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 split

should give you access to the complete manual.

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