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SPLIT(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             SPLIT(1)



N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
    split - split a file into pieces

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    s\bsp\bpl\bli\bit\bt [ -n\bn ] [ -b\bb byte_cnt ] [ file [ name ] ]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    _\bS_\bp_\bl_\bi_\bt reads _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be and writes it in _\bn-line pieces or in
    _\bb_\by_\bt_\be__\bc_\bn_\bt byte pieces to a set of output files.  The default
    is in 1000 line pieces.  The name of the first output file
    is _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be with "aa" appended, and so on, lexicographically, to
    "zz".  If no output name is given, "x" is the default, in
    which case _\bs_\bp_\bl_\bi_\bt will create files from "xaa" to "zzz".

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

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
    If you provide _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, _\bs_\bp_\bl_\bi_\bt can only create 676 separate
    files.  The default naming convention allows 2028 separate
    files.


































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