NAME
split — split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split
[-l
line_count]
[-a
suffix_length]
[file
[name]]
split
[-b
n
[k|m]]
[-a
suffix_length]
[file
[name]]
Obsolescent
split
[-
n]
[file
[name]]
DESCRIPTION
split
reads
file
and writes it in pieces (default 1000 lines)
onto a set of output files.
The name of the first output file is
name
with
aa
appended, and so on lexicographically, up to
zz
(only
ASCII
letters are used, a maximum of 676 files).
If no output
name
is given,
x
is the default.
If no input
file
is given, or if
-
is given instead, the standard input file is used.
Options
split
recognizes the following command-line options and arguments:
- -l line_count
The input file is split into pieces
line_count
lines in size.
- -a suffix_length
suffix_length
letters are used to form the suffix of the output filenames.
This option allows creation of more than 676 output files.
The output file names created
cannot exceed the maximum file name length allowed
in the directory containing the files.
- -b n
The input file is split into pieces
n
bytes in size.
- -b nk
The input file is split into pieces
n
× 1024 bytes in size.
No space separates the
n
from the
k.
- -b nm
The input file is split into pieces
n
× 1048576 bytes in size.
No space separates the
n
from the
m.
- -n
The input file is split into pieces
n
lines in size.
This option is obsolescent and is equivalent to using the
-l line_count
option.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LC_CTYPE
determines the locale for the interpretation of text as single-
and/or multi-byte characters.
LC_MESSAGES
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If
LC_CTYPE
or
LC_MESSAGES
is not specified in the environment or is set to
the empty string, the value of
LANG
is used as a default for each
unspecified or empty variable.
If
LANG
is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see
lang(5))
is used instead of
LANG.
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,
split
behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C".
See
environ(5).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
split: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
