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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              use suffixes of length N (default 2)
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22       -b, --bytes=SIZE
23              put SIZE bytes per output file
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25       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
26              put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
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28       -d, --numeric-suffixes
29              use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic
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31       -l, --lines=NUMBER
32              put NUMBER lines per output file
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34       --verbose
35              print a diagnostic to standard error  just  before  each  output
36              file is opened
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38       --help display this help and exit
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40       --version
41              output version information and exit
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43       SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.
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AUTHOR

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

49       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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52       Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
53       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
54       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
55       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is NO WARRANTY, to the
56       extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

59       The full documentation for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
60       the  info  and  split programs are properly installed at your site, the
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63              info split
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65       should give you access to the complete manual.
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69GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2008                          SPLIT(1)
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