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SPLIT(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 SPLIT(1)



[1mNAME
     [0msplit, csplit - split a file into pieces

[1mSYNOPSIS
     split [0m[ [1m-[0m_n ] [ file [ name ] ]
     [1mcsplit [0m[ [1m-[0m_n ] [ file [ name ] ]

[1mDESCRIPTION
     [0m_S_p_l_i_t reads _f_i_l_e and writes it in _n-line pieces (default
     1000), as many as necessary, onto a set of output files.
     The name of the first output file is _n_a_m_e with [1maa [0mappended,
     and so on lexicographically.  The argument name cannot be
     longer than {NAME_MAX}-2 characters.  If no output name is
     given, [1mx [0mis default.

     If no input file is given, or if [1m- [0mis given instead, then
     the standard input file is used.

     _C_s_p_l_i_t is identical to split, except that it reads _f_i_l_e and
     writes it in _n-character pieces.



































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