SPLIT(1)

NAME
split - split a file into pieces

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

DESCRIPTION

Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is `x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input.

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

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

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

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

-d, --numeric-suffixes
    use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic

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

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

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.

AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
Report split bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 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
The full documentation for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and split programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'split invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.