SPLIT
Package: WA2L/SimpleBackup 1.0.67
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2002
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NAME
split - split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split
[OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]
DESCRIPTION
Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; 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
- -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 <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.
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