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SPLIT(1)			 User Commands			      SPLIT(1)

NAME
       split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
       split [OPTION]... [FILE [PREFIX]]

DESCRIPTION
       Output  pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000
       lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are	mandatory  for	short  options
       too.

       -a, --suffix-length=N
	      generate suffixes of length N (default 2)

       --additional-suffix=SUFFIX
	      append an additional SUFFIX to file names

       -b, --bytes=SIZE
	      put SIZE bytes per output file

       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
	      put at most SIZE bytes of records per output file

       -d     use numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic

       --numeric-suffixes[=FROM]
	      same as -d, but allow setting the start value

       -x     use hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic

       --hex-suffixes[=FROM]
	      same as -x, but allow setting the start value

       -e, --elide-empty-files
	      do not generate empty output files with '-n'

       --filter=COMMAND
	      write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE

       -l, --lines=NUMBER
	      put NUMBER lines/records per output file

       -n, --number=CHUNKS
	      generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below

       -t, --separator=SEP
	      use  SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero)
	      specifies the NUL character

       -u, --unbuffered
	      immediately copy input to output with '-n r/...'

       --verbose
	      print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       The SIZE argument is an integer and  optional  unit  (example:  10K  is
       10*1024).   Units  are  K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y	(powers	 of 1024) or KB,MB,...
       (powers of 1000).

   CHUNKS may be:
       N      split into N files based on size of input

       K/N    output Kth of N to stdout

       l/N    split into N files without splitting lines/records

       l/K/N  output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records

       r/N    like 'l' but use round robin distribution

       r/K/N  likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout

AUTHOR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	 License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/split>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) split invocation'

GNU coreutils 8.28		 October 2017			      SPLIT(1)

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