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split

Split a file into smaller pieces

Syntax

split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]

Common Options

-lSplit by line count
-bSplit by byte size
-dUse numeric suffixes
-aSuffix length
--verboseShow split progress

Common Examples

split -l 1000 largefile.txt

Split every 1000 lines

split -b 100M largefile.zip

Split every 100MB

split -l 500 -d file.txt part_

Use numeric suffixes

split -b 10M -d large.tar.gz chunk_

Split archive file

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