split(1) User Commands split(1)NAME
split - split a file into pieces
SYNOPSIS
split [-linecount | -l linecount] [-a suffixlength] [ file [name]]
split [ -b n | nk | nm] [-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 linecounNumber of lines in each piece. Defaults to 1000
lines.
-a suffixlength Uses 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 Splits a file into pieces n bytes in size.
-b nk Splits a file into pieces n*1024 bytes in size.
-b nm Splits 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 ( 2**31 bytes).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of split: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES‐
SAGES, 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 │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcsplit(1), statvfs(2), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5), stan‐
dards(5)SunOS 5.10 16 Apr 1999 split(1)
