## 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 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 lines per output file

-d, --numeric-suffixes[=FROM] use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic; FROM changes the start value (default 0)

-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 per output file

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

-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 l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines 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 © 2014 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 (aq(coreutils) split invocation(aq