split - split

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

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NAME

split − split

SYNOPSIS

split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]

DESCRIPTION

Create output files containing consecutive or interleaved sections of input

Arguments:

[input]

[default: −]

[prefix]

[default: x]

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>

put NUMBER lines/records per output file [default: 1000]

−n, −−number <CHUNKS>

generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below

−−additional−suffix <SUFFIX>

additional SUFFIX to append to output file names [default: ]

−−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

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

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