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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.5 1994/12/21 08:20:35 jtc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
+.\"
+.Dd April 16, 1994
+.Dt SPLIT 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm split
+.Nd split a file into pieces
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm split
+.Op Fl b Ar byte_count[k|m]
+.Op Fl l Ar line_count
+.Op Ar file Op Ar name
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm split
+utility reads the given
+.Ar file
+(or standard input if no file is specified)
+and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl b
+Create smaller files
+.Ar byte_count
+bytes in length.
+If
+.Dq Li k
+is appended to the number, the file is split into
+.Ar byte_count
+kilobyte pieces.
+If
+.Dq Li m
+is appended to the number, the file is split into
+.Ar byte_count
+megabyte pieces.
+.It Fl l
+Create smaller files
+.Ar n
+lines in length.
+.El
+.Pp
+If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name
+of the input file which is to be split.
+If a second additional argument is specified, it is used as a prefix
+for the names of the files into which the file is split.
+In this case, each file into which the file is split is named by the
+prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix in the range of
+.Dq Li aa-zz .
+.Pp
+If the
+.Ar name
+argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered
+files named in the range of
+.Dq Li xaa-zzz .
+.Sh BUGS
+For historical reasons, if you specify
+.Ar name ,
+.Nm split
+can only create 676 separate
+files.
+The default naming convention allows 2028 separate files.
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm split
+command appeared in
+.At v6 .