split − split a file into pieces
split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]
Output fixed−size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and 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
generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
−−additional−suffix=SUFFIX
append an additional SUFFIX to file names
−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[=FROM]
use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic; FROM changes the start value (default 0)
−e, −−elide−empty−files
do not generate empty output files with ’−n’
−−filter=COMMAND
write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE
−l, −−lines=NUMBER
put NUMBER lines per output file
−n, −−number=CHUNKS
generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
−u, −−unbuffered
immediately copy input to output with ’−n r/...’
−−verbose
print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
|
−−help |
display this help and exit |
−−version
output version information and exit
SIZE is an integer and optional unit (example: 10M is 10*1024*1024). Units are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y (powers of 1024) or KB, MB, ... (powers of 1000).
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 l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines r/N like ’l’ but use round robin distribution r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
Copyright
© 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
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 invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.