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 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

       SIZE is an integer and optional unit (example: 10M is 10*1024*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

       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/>
       Report split translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2013  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.

GNU coreutils 8.21                                 March 2016                                           SPLIT(1)