SPLIT(1)

NAME
       split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
       split  [-lines] [-l lines] [-b bytes[bkm]] [-C bytes[bkm]]
       [--lines=lines]       [--bytes=bytes[bkm]]        [--line-
       bytes=bytes[bkm]]  [--help]  [--version] [infile [outfile-
       prefix]]

DESCRIPTION
       This documentation is no longer being maintained  and  may
       be inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is
       now the authoritative source.

       This manual page  documents  the  GNU  version  of  split.
       split  creates one or more output files (as many as neces-
       sary) containing consecutive sections of  the  infile,  or
       the  standard  input  if  none is given or the name `-' is
       given.  By default, split puts 1000  lines  of  the  input
       file,  or  whatever  is left if it is less than that, into
       each output file.

       The output file names consist of a prefix  followed  by  a
       group  of letters, chosen so that concatenating the output
       files in sorted order by file name produces  the  original
       input file, in order.  The default output file name prefix
       is `x'.  If the outfile-prefix argument is  given,  it  is
       used as the output file name prefix instead.

   OPTIONS
       -lines, -l lines, --lines=lines
              Put  lines lines of the input file into each output
              file.

       -b bytes[bkm], --bytes=bytes[bkm]
              Put bytes bytes of the input file into each  output
              file.   bytes is a nonzero integer, optionally fol-
              lowed by one of the following characters to specify
              a different unit.
              b      512-byte blocks.
              k      1-kilobyte blocks.
              m      1-megabyte blocks.

       -C bytes[bkm], --line-bytes=bytes[bkm]
              Put into each output file as many complete lines of
              the input file as  is  possible  without  exceeding
              bytes  bytes.   If a line that is longer than bytes
              bytes occurs, put bytes bytes of it into each  out-
              put  file  until  less than bytes bytes of the line
              are left, then continue normally.   bytes  has  the
              same format as for the --bytes option.

       --help Print  a  usage message and exit with a status code
              indicating success.

       --version
              Print version information on standard  output  then
              exit.