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NAME

6       split - split a file into pieces
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SYNOPSIS

9       split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Output  fixed-size  pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
13       size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.  With no INPUT, or  when
14       INPUT is -, read standard input.
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16       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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19       -a, --suffix-length=N
20              generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
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22       --additional-suffix=SUFFIX
23              append an additional SUFFIX to file names
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25       -b, --bytes=SIZE
26              put SIZE bytes per output file
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28       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
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31       -d, --numeric-suffixes[=FROM]
32              use numeric suffixes instead of  alphabetic;  FROM  changes  the
33              start value (default 0)
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35       -e, --elide-empty-files
36              do not generate empty output files with '-n'
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38       --filter=COMMAND
39              write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE
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41       -l, --lines=NUMBER
42              put NUMBER lines per output file
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44       -n, --number=CHUNKS
45              generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
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47       -u, --unbuffered
48              immediately copy input to output with '-n r/...'
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50       --verbose
51              print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
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53       --help display this help and exit
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55       --version
56              output version information and exit
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58       SIZE  is  an  integer and optional unit (example: 10M is 10*1024*1024).
59       Units are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y (powers of 1024) or KB, MB, ...  (pow‐
60       ers of 1000).
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62       CHUNKS  may  be:  N       split into N files based on size of input K/N
63       output Kth of N to stdout l/N     split into N files without  splitting
64       lines  l/K/N    output  Kth  of N to stdout without splitting lines r/N
65       like 'l' but use round robin distribution  r/K/N    likewise  but  only
66       output Kth of N to stdout
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68       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
69       Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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AUTHOR

72       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
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75       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
76       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
77       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
78       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

81       The full documentation for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
82       the  info  and  split programs are properly installed at your site, the
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85              info coreutils 'split invocation'
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87       should give you access to the complete manual.
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