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.TH SPLIT 1 "12/6/04" "Heirloom Toolchest" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
split \- split a file into pieces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP
.ad l
.nh
\fBsplit\fR
[\fB\-b\fI\ bytes\fR[\fBk\fR|\fBm\fR] |
\fB\-l\fI\ lines\fR | \fB\-\fIlines\fR]
[\fB\-a\fI\ suffixlength\fR]
[\fIfile\fR\ [\fIname\fR]]
.br
.hy 1
.ad b
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Split
reads
.I file
and writes
it in
1000-line
pieces
as many as necessary,
onto
a set of output files.  The name of the first output
file is
.I name
with
.I aa
appended, and so on
lexicographically.
If no output name is given,
.B x
is default.
.PP
If no input file is given, or
if
.B \-
is given in its stead,
then the standard input file is used.
.PP
The following options
(all of them introduced by POSIX.2)
are accepted:
.TP 16
\fB\-a\fI\ suffixlength\fR
Use
.I suffixlength
characters for the appended part of the output file name
different for each file instead of 2
(using a
.I suffixlength
of 3 will create files named
\fBx\fIaaa\fR\^\(en\^\fBx\fIzzz\fR,
and so forth).
.TP 16
\fB\-b\fI\ n\fR[\fBk\fR|\fBm\fR]
Split the file in pieces of
.I n
bytes each.
If
.B k
is appended,
.I n
is taken in kilobyte (1024-byte) units;
with
.BR m ,
in megabyte units.
.TP 16
\fB\-l\fI\ n\fR
Split
the file in pieces of
.I n
lines each.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
csplit(1)