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User Commands                                            SPLIT(1)



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
          use suffixes of length N (default 2)

     -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
          use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic

     -l, --lines=NUMBER
          put NUMBER lines per output file

     --verbose
          print a diagnostic just  before  each  output  file  is
          opened

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     SIZE may be (or may be an integer  optionally  followed  by)
     one  of  following:   KB  1000,  K  1024,  MB  1000*1000,  M
     1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.

AUTHOR
     Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report split bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright cO 2010 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License
     GPLv3+:      GNU      GPL     version     3     or     later
     .
     This is free software: you are free to change and  redistri-
     bute  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.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ___________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Availability       |  file/gnu-coreutils |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted        |
    |____________________|_____________________|

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http://opensolaris.org.




















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