split (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

split – split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS

split [,OPTION/]… [,FILE /[,PREFIX/]]

DESCRIPTION

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; ‘