split(1)         (Directory and File Management Utilities)         split(1)


   NAME
         split - split a file into pieces

   SYNOPSIS
         split [ -n ] [ file [ name ] ]

   DESCRIPTION
         split reads file and writes it in n-line pieces (default 1000 lines)
         onto a set of output files.  The name of the first output file is
         name with aa appended, and so on lexicographically, up to zz (a
         maximum of 676 files).  The maximum length of name is 2 characters
         less than the maximum filename length allowed by the filesystem.  See
         statvfs(2).  If no output name is given, x is default.

         If no input file is given, or if - is given in its stead, then the
         standard input file is used.

   SEE ALSO
         bfs(1), csplit(1).
         statvfs(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

































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