1.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.6 1997/10/19 23:26:56 lukem Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94 35.\" 36.Dd April 16, 1994 37.Dt SPLIT 1 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm split 41.Nd split a file into pieces 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Fl b Ar byte_count[k|m] 45.Op Fl l Ar line_count 46.Op Ar file Op Ar name 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50utility reads the given 51.Ar file 52(or standard input if no file is specified) 53and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each. 54.Pp 55The options are as follows: 56.Bl -tag -width Ds 57.It Fl b 58Create smaller files 59.Ar byte_count 60bytes in length. 61If 62.Dq Li k 63is appended to the number, the file is split into 64.Ar byte_count 65kilobyte pieces. 66If 67.Dq Li m 68is appended to the number, the file is split into 69.Ar byte_count 70megabyte pieces. 71.It Fl l 72Create smaller files 73.Ar n 74lines in length. 75.El 76.Pp 77If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name 78of the input file which is to be split. 79If a second additional argument is specified, it is used as a prefix 80for the names of the files into which the file is split. 81In this case, each file into which the file is split is named by the 82prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix in the range of 83.Dq Li aa-zz . 84.Pp 85If the 86.Ar name 87argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered 88files named in the range of 89.Dq Li xaa-zzz . 90.Sh BUGS 91For historical reasons, if you specify 92.Ar name , 93.Nm 94can only create 676 separate 95files. 96The default naming convention allows 2028 separate files. 97.Sh HISTORY 98A 99.Nm 100command appeared in 101.At v6 . 102