SPLIT(1)            RISC/os Reference Manual             SPLIT(1)



NAME
     split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
     split [ -n ] [ file [ name ] ]

DESCRIPTION
     split reads file and writes it in n-line pieces (default
     1000 lines) onto a set of output files.  The name of the
     first output file is name with aa appended, and so on lexi-
     cographically, up to zz (a maximum of 676 files).  The max-
     imum length of name is 2 characters less than the maximum
     filename length allowed by the filesystem.  See statvfs(2).
     If no output name is given, x is default.

     If no input file is given, or if - is given in its stead,
     then the standard input file is used.

SEE ALSO
     bfs(1), csplit(1).
     statvfs(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.


































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