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diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.1 b/usr.bin/split/split.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..788f1007b93 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/split/split.1 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.\" $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 . |