split(1)                    General Commands Manual                   split(1)

NAME
       split - Create output files containing consecutive or interleaved
       sections of input

SYNOPSIS
       split [-b|--bytes] [-C|--line-bytes] [-l|--lines] [-n|--number]
       [--additional-suffix] [--filter] [-e|--elide-empty-files] [-d ]
       [--numeric-suffixes] [-x ] [--hex-suffixes] [-a|--suffix-length]
       [--verbose] [-t|--separator] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [input]
       [prefix]

DESCRIPTION
       Create output files containing consecutive or interleaved sections of
       input

OPTIONS
       -b, --bytes=SIZE
              put SIZE bytes per output file

       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
              put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file

       -l, --lines=NUMBER [default: 1000]
              put NUMBER lines/records per output file

       -n, --number=CHUNKS
              generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below

       --additional-suffix=SUFFIX [default: ]
              additional SUFFIX to append to output file names

       --filter=COMMAND
              write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE (Currently not
              implemented for Windows)

       -e, --elide-empty-files
              do not generate empty output files with '-n'

       -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

       -a, --suffix-length=N
              generate suffixes of length N (default 2)

       --verbose
              print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened

       -t, --separator=SEP
              use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero)
              specifies the NUL character

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

       [input] [default: -]


       [prefix] [default: x]


EXTRA
       Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
       size is 1000, and default PREFIX is 'x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT
       is -, read standard input.

       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

VERSION
       v0.0.29

                                 split 0.0.29                         split(1)