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2 .TH SPLIT "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 split \- split a file into pieces
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIINPUT \fR[\fIPREFIX\fR]]
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Output fixed\-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
12 size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is `x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT
13 is \-, read standard input.
15 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
17 \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\-length\fR=\fIN\fR
18 use suffixes of length N (default 2)
20 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
21 put SIZE bytes per output file
23 \fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-line\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
24 put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
26 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-numeric\-suffixes\fR
27 use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic
29 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
30 put NUMBER lines per output file
33 print a diagnostic to standard error just
34 before each output file is opened
37 display this help and exit
40 output version information and exit
42 SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.
44 Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
46 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
48 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
50 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
51 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
52 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
54 The full documentation for
56 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
60 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
64 should give you access to the complete manual.