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

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://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.