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 have a multiplier	suffix:	 b 512,	kB 1000, K  1024,
     MB	   1000*1000,	M   1024*1024,	 GB   1000*1000*1000,	G
     1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.

AUTHOR
     Written by	Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report split bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>



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User Commands						 SPLIT(1)



COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     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.







































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