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 5.3 `split': Split a file into fixed-size pieces
 ================================================
 
 `split' creates output files containing consecutive sections of INPUT
 (standard input if none is given or INPUT is `-').  Synopsis:
 
      split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]
 
    By default, `split' puts 1000 lines of INPUT (or whatever is left
 over for the last section), into each output file.
 
    The output files' names consist of PREFIX (`x' by default) followed
 by a group of characters (`aa', `ab', ... by default), such that
 concatenating the output files in traditional sorted order by file name
 produces the original input file.  If the output file names are
 exhausted, `split' reports an error without deleting the output files
 that it did create.
 
    The program accepts the following options.  Also see  Common
 options.
 
 `-l LINES'
 `--lines=LINES'
      Put LINES lines of INPUT into each output file.
 
      For compatibility `split' also supports an obsolete option syntax
      `-LINES'.  New scripts should use `-l LINES' instead.
 
 `-b SIZE'
 `--bytes=SIZE'
      Put SIZE bytes of INPUT into each output file.  SIZE may be, or
      may be an integer optionally followed by, one of the following
      multiplicative suffixes:
           `b'  =>            512 ("blocks")
           `KB' =>           1000 (KiloBytes)
           `K'  =>           1024 (KibiBytes)
           `MB' =>      1000*1000 (MegaBytes)
           `M'  =>      1024*1024 (MebiBytes)
           `GB' => 1000*1000*1000 (GigaBytes)
           `G'  => 1024*1024*1024 (GibiBytes)
      and so on for `T', `P', `E', `Z', and `Y'.
 
 `-C SIZE'
 `--line-bytes=SIZE'
      Put into each output file as many complete lines of INPUT as
      possible without exceeding SIZE bytes.  Individual lines longer
      than SIZE bytes are broken into multiple files.  SIZE has the same
      format as for the `--bytes' option.
 
 `-a LENGTH'
 `--suffix-length=LENGTH'
      Use suffixes of length LENGTH.  The default LENGTH is 2.
 
 `-d'
 `--numeric-suffixes'
      Use digits in suffixes rather than lower-case letters.
 
 `--verbose'
      Write a diagnostic just before each output file is opened.
 
 
    An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value
 indicates failure.
 

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