Provided by:
coreutils_6.10-6ubuntu1_i386 
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 to standard error 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 bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008 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 split
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirtJanuary 2008 SPLIT(1)