split(1)
NAME
split − split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split [ −linecount | −l linecount ] [ −a suffixlength ] [ file [ name ] ]
split −b n[ k|m ] [ −a suffixlength ] [ file [ name ] ]
DESCRIPTION
The split utility reads file and writes it in linecount-line pieces into 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 used as the default (output-files will be called xaa, xab, and so forth).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
−linecount | −l linecount
Number of lines in each piece. Defaults to 1000 lines.
−a suffixlength Use suffixlength letters to form the suffix portion of the filenames of the split file. If −a is not specified, the default suffix length is 2. If the sum of the name operand and the suffixlength option-argument would create a filename exceeding NAME_MAX bytes, an error will result; split will exit with a diagnostic message and no files will be created.
−b n Split a file into pieces n bytes in size.
−b nk Split a file into pieces n∗1024 bytes in size.
−b nm Split a file into pieces n∗1048576 bytes in size.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
file The path name of the ordinary file to be split. If no input file is given or file is −, the standard input will be used.
name The prefix to be used for each of the files resulting from the split operation. If no name argument is given, x will be used as the prefix of the output files. The combined length of the basename of prefix and suffixlength cannot exceed NAME_MAX bytes; see OPTIONS.
USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of split when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 231 bytes).
ENVIRONMENT
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of split: LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Availability | SUNWesu |
| CSI | enabled |
SEE ALSO
csplit(1), statvfs(2), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5)
SunOS 5.6 — Last change: 1 Feb 1995