split(1) General Commands Manual split(1)

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

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]

Create output files containing consecutive or interleaved sections of input

put SIZE bytes per output file
put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
put NUMBER lines/records per output file
generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
additional SUFFIX to append to output file names
write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE (Currently not implemented for Windows)
do not generate empty output files with '-n'
use numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
same as -d, but allow setting the start value
use hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
same as -x, but allow setting the start value
generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero) specifies the NUL character
Print help
Print version
[input] [default: -]

[prefix] [default: x]

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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