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.TH SPLIT "1" "August 1999" "GNU textutils 2.0" FSF
.SH NAME
split \- split a file into pieces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B split
[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIINPUT \fR[\fIPREFIX\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.PP
Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
PREFIX is `x'.  With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
put SIZE bytes per output file
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-line\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
put NUMBER lines per output file
.TP
\fB\-NUMBER\fR
same as \fB\-l\fR NUMBER
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
print a diagnostic to standard error just
.IP
before each output file is opened
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B split
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B split
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info split
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.