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109is not specified, two letters are used as the suffix.
110.Pp
111If the
112.Ar name
113argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered
114files named with prefixes in the range of
115.Dq Li x-z
116and with suffixes as above.
1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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109is not specified, two letters are used as the suffix.
110.Pp
111If the
112.Ar name
113argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered
114files named with prefixes in the range of
115.Dq Li x-z
116and with suffixes as above.
117.Sh BUGS
118For historical reasons, if you specify
119.Ar name ,
120.Nm
121can only create 676 separate
122files.
123The default naming convention allows 2028 separate files.
124The
125.Fl a
126option can be used to work around this limitation.
127.Pp
128The maximum line length for matching patterns is 65536.
129.Sh SEE ALSO
130.Xr csplit 1 ,
131.Xr re_format 7
132.Sh STANDARDS
133The
134.Nm
135utility conforms to
136.St -p1003.1-2001 .
137.Sh HISTORY
138A
139.Nm
140command appeared in
141.At v3 .
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr csplit 1 ,
119.Xr re_format 7
120.Sh STANDARDS
121The
122.Nm
123utility conforms to
124.St -p1003.1-2001 .
125.Sh HISTORY
126A
127.Nm
128command appeared in
129.At v3 .
130.Sh BUGS
131For historical reasons, if you specify
132.Ar name ,
133.Nm
134can only create 676 separate
135files.
136The default naming convention allows 2028 separate files.
137The
138.Fl a
139option can be used to work around this limitation.
140.Pp
141The maximum line length for matching patterns is 65536.