1SPLIT(1) 386BSD Reference Manual SPLIT(1) 2 3NNAAMMEE 4 sspplliitt - split a file into pieces 5 6SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS 7 sspplliitt [--_n] [--bb _b_y_t_e_s] [_f_i_l_e [_n_a_m_e]] 8 9DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 10 The sspplliitt utility reads the given _f_i_l_e and splits it up in to smaller 11 files. 12 13 Available options: 14 15 --_l_i_n_e_s Create files of length --_n lines long. 16 17 --bb _b_y_t_e_s Create files of length _b_y_t_e_s. If no output file length is 18 specified, the file size will default to a lenght of 1000 19 lines. 20 21 Available operands: 22 23 -- Read from the standard input. 24 25 _f_i_l_e A pathname specifying the _f_i_l_e to be split. If no _f_i_l_e operand is 26 given, sspplliitt reads from the standard input. 27 28 _n_a_m_e If the _n_a_m_e operand is given, the output files will begin with the 29 prefix _n_a_m_e and each sequential portion of the split file receives 30 a lexically ordered suffix in the range of [_a_a-_z_z]. If the operand 31 _n_a_m_e is not specified, the default prefix of _x is be used. 32 33BBUUGGSS 34 If you provide _n_a_m_e, sspplliitt can only create 676 separate files. The 35 default naming convention allows 2028 separate files. 36 37HHIISSTTOORRYY 38 A sspplliitt command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. 39 40BSD Experimental July 29, 1991 1 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67