SPLIT(1)

NAME
split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]

DESCRIPTION

Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT 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 lines per output file

-d, --numeric-suffixes[=FROM]
    use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic; FROM changes the start value (default 0)

-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 per output file

-n, --number=CHUNKS
    generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below

-u, --unbuffered
    immediately copy input to output with '-n r/...'

--verbose
    print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000).

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 l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines r/N like 'l' but use round robin distribution r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
Written by Torbj"orn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and split programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'split invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.