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35.Dd August 9, 2006
35.Dd August 10, 2006
36.Dt SPLIT 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm split
40.Nd split a file into pieces
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl l Ar line_count
44.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
45.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
46.Nm
47.Fl b Ar byte_count Ns
48.Oo
36.Dt SPLIT 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm split
40.Nd split a file into pieces
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl l Ar line_count
44.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
45.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
46.Nm
47.Fl b Ar byte_count Ns
48.Oo
49.Cm k Ns | Ns Cm m
49.Cm K Ns | Ns Cm k Ns | Ns Cm M Ns | Ns Cm m Ns | Ns Cm G Ns | Ns Cm g
50.Oc
51.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
52.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
53.Nm
54.Fl p Ar pattern
55.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
56.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
57.Sh DESCRIPTION

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72reads from the standard input.
73.Pp
74The options are as follows:
75.Bl -tag -width indent
76.It Fl a Ar suffix_length
77Use
78.Ar suffix_length
79letters to form the suffix of the file name.
50.Oc
51.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
52.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
53.Nm
54.Fl p Ar pattern
55.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
56.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
57.Sh DESCRIPTION

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72reads from the standard input.
73.Pp
74The options are as follows:
75.Bl -tag -width indent
76.It Fl a Ar suffix_length
77Use
78.Ar suffix_length
79letters to form the suffix of the file name.
80.It Fl b Ar byte_count Ns Op Cm k Ns | Ns Cm m
80.It Fl b Ar byte_count Ns Op Cm K Ns | Ns Cm k Ns | Ns Cm M Ns | Ns Cm m Ns | Ns Cm G Ns | Ns Cm g
81Create smaller files
82.Ar byte_count
83bytes in length.
84If
85.Cm k
81Create smaller files
82.Ar byte_count
83bytes in length.
84If
85.Cm k
86or
87.Cm K
86is appended to the number, the file is split into
87.Ar byte_count
88kilobyte pieces.
89If
90.Cm m
88is appended to the number, the file is split into
89.Ar byte_count
90kilobyte pieces.
91If
92.Cm m
93or
94.Cm M
91is appended to the number, the file is split into
92.Ar byte_count
93megabyte pieces.
95is appended to the number, the file is split into
96.Ar byte_count
97megabyte pieces.
98If
99.Cm g
100or
101.Cm G
102is appended to the number, the file is split into
103.Ar byte_count
104gigabyte pieces.
94.It Fl l Ar line_count
95Create smaller files
96.Ar line_count
97lines in length.
98.It Fl p Ar pattern
99The file is split whenever an input line matches
100.Ar pattern ,
101which is interpreted as an extended regular expression.

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105.It Fl l Ar line_count
106Create smaller files
107.Ar line_count
108lines in length.
109.It Fl p Ar pattern
110The file is split whenever an input line matches
111.Ar pattern ,
112which is interpreted as an extended regular expression.

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