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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
       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, ...  (pow‐
       ers 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:  
       Report split translation bugs to 

AUTHOR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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 invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                         SPLIT(1)