split Command split Split a large file into smaller files split [-nlines][infile [outfile] ] split divides a file into a number of smaller files. This is useful for programs that cannot handle arbitrarily large files, such as MicroEMACS. split uses infile as its input file if given; otherwise, it uses the standard input. If infile is `-', split uses the standard input. split puts its output into files with names prefixed by outfile and suffixed consecutively with aa, ab, ac, and so on. If no outfile is specified, file names are prefixed with x. Normally, split puts 1,000 lines in each output file. This default may be changed by the option -nlines, where nlines gives the desired number of lines per file. ***** See Also ***** commands COHERENT Lexicon Page 1