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.TH SPLIT "1" "March 2004" "split (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
split \- split a file into pieces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B split
[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIINPUT \fR[\fIPREFIX\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
PREFIX is `x'.  With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\-length\fR=\fIN\fR
use suffixes of length N (default 2)
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
put SIZE bytes per output file
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-line\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-numeric\-suffixes\fR
use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
put NUMBER lines per output file
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
print a diagnostic to standard error just
before each output file is opened
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to .
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B split
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B split
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils split
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.

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