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 to standard error just  before  each
          output file is opened

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k  for  1K,  m
     for 1 Meg.

AUTHOR
     Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

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



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     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, 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 split

     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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