split — split a file into pieces
split
[OPTION
...] [ FILE
[PREFIX
] ]
Output pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.
With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
−a
, −−suffix−length
=N/generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
−−additional−suffix
=SUFFIX/append an additional SUFFIX to file names
−b
, −−bytes
=SIZE/put SIZE bytes per output file
−C
, −−line−bytes
=SIZE/put at most SIZE bytes of records per output file
−d
use numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
−−numeric−suffixes
[=FROM/]same as −d
, but
allow setting the start value
−x
use hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
−−hex−suffixes
[=FROM/]same as −x
, but
allow setting the start value
−e
, −−elide−empty−files
do not generate empty output files with '−n'
−−filter
=COMMAND/write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE
−l
, −−lines
=NUMBER/put NUMBER lines/records per output file
−n
, −−number
=CHUNKS/generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
−t
, −−separator
=SEP/use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero) specifies the NUL character
−u
, −−unbuffered
immediately copy input to output with '−n r/...'
−−verbose
print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
−−help
display this help and exit
−−version
output version information and exit
The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.
N
split into N files based on size of input
output Kth of N to stdout
split into N files without splitting lines/records
output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records
like 'l' but use round robin distribution
likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/split>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) split invocation'
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