split

allmacos

Split a file into pieces.

Options (5)

-l, --linesboolean

Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split)

Example: split {{[-l|--lines]}} 10 {{path/to/file}}

-n, --numberboolean

Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split)

Example: split {{[-n|--number]}} 5 {{path/to/file}}

-b, --bytesboolean

Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes)

Example: split {{[-b|--bytes]}} 512 {{path/to/file}}

-C, --line-bytesboolean

Split a file with at most 512 bytes in each split without breaking lines

Example: split {{[-C|--line-bytes]}} 512 {{path/to/file}}

boolean

Split into multiple files from `stdin`

Example:

gzip {{[-cd|--stdout --decompress]}} {{path/to/compressed_file.gz}} | split {{[-l|--lines]}} {{1000}} - {{path/to/output}}

Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split)

split [-l|--lines] 10 path/to/file

Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split)

split [-n|--number] 5 path/to/file

Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes)

split [-b|--bytes] 512 path/to/file

Split a file with at most 512 bytes in each split without breaking lines

split [-C|--line-bytes] 512 path/to/file

Split into multiple files from `stdin`

gzip [-cd|--stdout --decompress] path/to/compressed_file.gz | split [-l|--lines] 1000 - path/to/output