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NAME

6       split - split a file into pieces
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SYNOPSIS

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

12       Output  pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000
13       lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.
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15       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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17       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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20       -a, --suffix-length=N
21              generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
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23       --additional-suffix=SUFFIX
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26       -b, --bytes=SIZE
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29       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
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32       -d     use numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
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34       --numeric-suffixes[=FROM]
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37       -x     use hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
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39       --hex-suffixes[=FROM]
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42       -e, --elide-empty-files
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45       --filter=COMMAND
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48       -l, --lines=NUMBER
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51       -n, --number=CHUNKS
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54       -t, --separator=SEP
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58       -u, --unbuffered
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61       --verbose
62              print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
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64       --help display this help and exit
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66       --version
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69       The SIZE argument is an integer and  optional  unit  (example:  10K  is
70       10*1024).   Units  are  K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y  (powers  of 1024) or KB,MB,...
71       (powers of 1000).  Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M,  and
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74   CHUNKS may be:
75       N      split into N files based on size of input
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77       K/N    output Kth of N to stdout
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79       l/N    split into N files without splitting lines/records
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81       l/K/N  output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records
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83       r/N    like 'l' but use round robin distribution
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85       r/K/N  likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout
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AUTHOR

88       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
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REPORTING BUGS

91       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
92       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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95       Copyright  ©  2020  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
96       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
97       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
98       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

101       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/split>
102       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) split invocation'
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