split(1)                                                              split(1)



NAME
     split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
     split [-lline_count] [-asuffix_length] [file [name]]
     split -bn[k|m] [-asuffix_length] [file [name]]
     split [ -line_count ] [ file [ name ] ]

DESCRIPTION
     split reads an input file and writes it in one or more output files. The
     default size of each output file is 1000 lines. The size of the output
     files can be modified by -b and -l options. Each output file is created
     with a unique suffix. The suffix consists of exactly suffix_length
     lower-case letters from locale. The letters of the suffix are used as if
     they were a base-26 digit system, with the first suffix to be created
     consisting of all a characters, the second with a b replacing the last a,
     and so sorth, until a name of all z characters is created. By default,
     The names of the output files are x, followed by a two-character suffix
     from the character set as described above, starting with aa, ab, ac, and
     so forth, and continuing until the suffix zz, for a maximum of 676 files.

     If the number of files required exceeds the maximum allowed by the suffix
     length provided, such that the last allowable file would be larger than
     the requested size, split will fail after creating the last file with a
     valid suffix; it will not delete the files it created with valid
     suffixes.  If the file limit is not exceeded, the last file created will
     contain the remainder of the input file, and may be smaller than the
     requested size.

     file is the pathname of the file to be split. If no file is given or file
     is -, the standard input will be used. name is the prefix to be used for
     each of the files resulting from the split operation. If not given, x
     will be used as the prefix of the output files.

OPTIONS
     -asuffix_length
          Use suffix_length letters to form the suffix portion of the
          filenames of the split file. Default suffix length is 2. If the sum
          of name and suffix_length option-argument would create a filename
          exceeding NAME_MAX bytes, split will exit with a diagnostic message
          and no files will be created.

     -bn[k|m}
          Specify the output file size in bytes n. With k specified, an output
          file is n*1024 bytes in size;with m specified, a file is n*1048576
          bytes in size.

     -lline_count or -line_count
          Specify the number of lines in each output file. line_count is an
          unsigned decimal integer. The default is 1000. If the input does not
          end with a newline character, the partial line will be included in
          the last ouput file.



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split(1)                                                              split(1)



FILES
     /usr/lib/locale/locale/LCMESSAGES/uxdfm
          language-specific message file (see LANG on environ(5)

SEE ALSO
     bfs(1), csplit(1), statvfs(2)

















































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