SPLIT linux command manual

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NAME
       split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
       split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]

DESCRIPTION
       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.

AUTHOR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and split programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
       the command

              info coreutils split

       should give you access to the complete manual.



split (coreutils) 5.2.1            May 2004                          SPLIT(1)