NAME¶

split - Create output files containing consecutive or interleaved sections of input

SYNOPSIS¶

split [-b|--bytes] [-C|--line-bytes] [-l|--lines] [-n|--number] [--additional-suffix] [--filter] [-e|--elide-empty-files] [-d ] [--numeric-suffixes] [-x ] [--hex-suffixes] [-a|--suffix-length] [--verbose] [-t|--separator] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [input] [prefix]

DESCRIPTION¶

Create output files containing consecutive or interleaved sections of input

OPTIONS¶

-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 [default: 1000]

put NUMBER lines/records per output file

-n, --number=CHUNKS

generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below

--additional-suffix=SUFFIX [default: ]

additional SUFFIX to append to output file names

--filter=COMMAND

write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE (Currently not implemented for Windows)

-e, --elide-empty-files

do not generate empty output files with '-n'

-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

-a, --suffix-length=N

generate suffixes of length N (default 2)

--verbose

print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened

-t, --separator=SEP

use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero) specifies the NUL character

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[input] [default: -]

[prefix] [default: x]

EXTRA¶

Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000, and default PREFIX is 'x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input.

The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y,R,Q (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.

CHUNKS may be:

- N split into N files based on size of input - K/N output Kth of N to stdout - l/N split into N files without splitting lines/records - l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records - r/N like 'l' but use round robin distribution - r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout

VERSION¶

v0.0.26