Name
split - split a file into piecesSynopsis
split [\,OPTION\/]... [\,FILE \/[\,PREFIX\/]]Description
Output pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.
With no FILE, or when FILE 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 records per output file
-d use numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
--numeric-suffixes[=\,FROM\/] same as -d, but allow setting the start value
-x use hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
--hex-suffixes[=\,FROM\/] same as -x, but allow setting the start value
-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/records per output file
-n, --number=\,CHUNKS\/ generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
-t, --separator=\,SEP\/ use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; \&'\e0' (zero) specifies the NUL character
-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
The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.
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/records
l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records
r/N like 'l' but use round robin distribution
r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout