SPLIT

NAME

split - split a file into pieces

split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]

Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; 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 to standard error 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 for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.