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33.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/split/split.1 162792 2006-09-29 15:20:48Z ru $ |
34.\" 35.Dd August 10, 2006 36.Dt SPLIT 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm split 40.Nd split a file into pieces 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl l Ar line_count 44.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length 45.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix 46.Nm 47.Fl b Ar byte_count Ns 48.Oo |
49.Sm off 50.Cm K | k | M | m | G | g 51.Sm on |
52.Oc 53.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length 54.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix 55.Nm 56.Fl p Ar pattern 57.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length 58.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix 59.Sh DESCRIPTION --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 74reads from the standard input. 75.Pp 76The options are as follows: 77.Bl -tag -width indent 78.It Fl a Ar suffix_length 79Use 80.Ar suffix_length 81letters to form the suffix of the file name. |
82.It Fl b Ar byte_count Ns Oo 83.Sm off 84.Cm K | k | M | m | G | g 85.Sm on 86.Oc |
87Create smaller files 88.Ar byte_count 89bytes in length. 90If 91.Cm k 92or 93.Cm K 94is appended to the number, the file is split into --- 32 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 127If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name 128of the input file which is to be split. 129If a second additional argument is specified, it is used as a prefix 130for the names of the files into which the file is split. 131In this case, each file into which the file is split is named by the 132prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix using 133.Ar suffix_length 134characters in the range |
135.Dq Li a Ns - Ns Li z . |
136If 137.Fl a 138is not specified, two letters are used as the suffix. 139.Pp 140If the 141.Ar prefix 142argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered 143files named with the prefix --- 28 unchanged lines hidden --- |