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split-original(1)
split a file into pieces
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
With the coreutil package (with the extra set), see split(1) instead.
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.