User Commands                                           CSPLIT(1)



NAME
     csplit - split a file into sections  determined  by  context
     lines

SYNOPSIS
     csplit [OPTION]... FILE PATERN...

DESCRIPTION
     Output pieces of  FILE  separated  by  PATERN(s)  to  files
     `xx00', `xx01', ..., and output byte counts of each piece to
     standard output.

     Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for  short
     options too.

     -b, --suffix-format=FORMAT use  sprintf  FORMAT  instead  of
          %02d

     -f, --prefix=PREFIX
          use PREFIX instead of `xx'

     -k, --keep-files
          do not remove output files on errors

     -n, --digits=DIGITS
          use specified number of digits instead of 2

     -s, --quiet, --silent
          do not print counts of output file sizes

     -z, --elide-empty-files
          remove empty output files

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     Read standard input if FILE is -.  Each PATERN may be:

     INTEGER
          copy up to but not including specified line number

     /REGEXP/[OFSET]
          copy up to but not including a matching line

     %REGEXP%[OFSET]
          skip to, but not including a matching line

     {INTEGER}
          repeat the previous pattern specified number of times



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User Commands                                           CSPLIT(1)



     {*}  repeat the previous pattern as many times as possible

     A line OFSET is a required `]' or `-' followed by  a  posi-
     tive integer.

AUTHOR
     Written by Stuart Kemp and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     The full documentation for csplit is maintained as a Texinfo
     manual.   If  the  info  and  csplit  programs  are properly
     installed at your site, the command

          info csplit

     should give you access to the complete manual.

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

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

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













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