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27.Dd July 12, 2004
28.Dt CSPLIT 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm csplit
32.Nd split files based on context
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl ks
36.Op Fl f Ar prefix
37.Op Fl n Ar number
38.Ar file args ...
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42utility splits
43.Ar file
44into pieces using the patterns
45.Ar args .
46If
47.Ar file
48is
49a dash
50.Pq Sq Fl ,
51.Nm
52reads from standard input.
53.Pp
54The options are as follows:
55.Bl -tag -width indent
56.It Fl f Ar prefix
57Give created files names beginning with
58.Ar prefix .
59The default is
60.Dq Pa xx .
61.It Fl k
62Do not remove output files if an error occurs or a
63.Dv HUP ,
64.Dv INT
65or
66.Dv TERM
67signal is received.
68.It Fl n Ar number
69Use
70.Ar number
71of decimal digits after the
72.Ar prefix
73to form the file name.
74The default is 2.
75.It Fl s
76Do not write the size of each output file to standard output as it is
77created.
78.El
79.Pp
80The
81.Ar args
82operands may be a combination of the following patterns:
83.Bl -tag -width indent
84.It Xo
85.Sm off
86.Cm / Ar regexp Cm / Op Oo Cm + | - Oc Ar offset
87.Sm on
88.Xc
89Create a file containing the input from the current line to (but not including)
90the next line matching the given basic regular expression.
91An optional
92.Ar offset
93from the line that matched may be specified.
94.It Xo
95.Sm off
96.Cm % Ar regexp Cm % Op Oo Cm + | - Oc Ar offset
97.Sm on
98.Xc
99Same as above but a file is not created for the output.
100.It Ar line_no
101Create containing the input from the current line to (but not including)
102the specified line number.
103.It Cm { Ns Ar num Ns Cm }
104Repeat the previous pattern the specified number of times.
105If it follows a line number pattern, a new file will be created for each
106.Ar line_no
107lines,
108.Ar num
109times.
110The first line of the file is line number 1 for historic reasons.
111.El
112.Pp
113After all the patterns have been processed, the remaining input data
114(if there is any) will be written to a new file.
115.Pp
116Requesting to split at a line before the current line number or past the
117end of the file will result in an error.
118.Sh ENVIRONMENT
119The
120.Ev LANG , LC_ALL , LC_COLLATE
121and
122.Ev LC_CTYPE
123environment variables affect the execution of
124.Nm
125as described in
126.Xr environ 7 .
127.Sh EXAMPLES
128Split the
129.Xr mdoc 7
130file
131.Pa foo.1
132into one file for each section (up to 20):
133.Pp
134.Dl "csplit -k foo.1 '%^\e.Sh%' '/^\e.Sh/' '{20}'"
135.Pp
136Split standard input after the first 99 lines and every 100 lines thereafter:
137.Pp
138.Dl "csplit -k - 100 '{19}'"
139.Sh EXIT STATUS
140.Ex -std
141.Sh SEE ALSO
142.Xr sed 1 ,
143.Xr split 1 ,
144.Xr re_format 7
145.Sh HISTORY
146A
147.Nm
148command appeared in PWB UNIX.
149.Sh STANDARDS
150The
151.Nm
152utility conforms to
153.St -p1003.1-2001 .
154