splitΒΆ
Name
split – split a file into pieces
Synopsis
split [options...] {infile} {outfile}
Description
Split INFILE into a specified number of line groups, with output going into a succession of files, OUTFILEaa, OUTFILEab, and so on. The INFILE remains unchanged. This command is handy if you have a very long text file that needs to be reduced to a succession of smaller files. This was often done to email large files in smaller chunks, because it was at one time considered bad practice to send single large email messages.
-n | Split the INFILE into n-line segments. The default is 1000. |