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SPLIT(1)			 User Commands			      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 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

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

AUTHOR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report split bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  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.

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.

GNU coreutils 8.21		  March 2014			      SPLIT(1)
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