128 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
128 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.14 2006/12/24 08:35:21 wiz Exp $
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.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
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.\"
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.Dd July 10, 2003
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.Dt SPLIT 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm split
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.Nd split a file into pieces
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
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.Oo
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.Fl b Ar byte_count Ns Oo Li k|m Oc |
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.Fl l Ar line_count
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.Oc
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.Op Ar file Op Ar name
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility reads the given
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.Ar file
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and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each.
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If
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.Ar file
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is a single dash or absent,
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.Nm
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reads from the standard input.
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.Ar file
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itself is not altered.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl a
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Use
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.Ar suffix_length
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letters to form the suffix of the file name.
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.It Fl b
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Create smaller files
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.Ar byte_count
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bytes in length.
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If
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.Ql k
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is appended to the number, the file is split into
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.Ar byte_count
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kilobyte pieces.
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If
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.Ql m
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is appended to the number, the file is split into
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.Ar byte_count
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megabyte pieces.
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.It Fl l
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Create smaller files
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.Ar line_count
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lines in length.
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.El
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.Pp
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If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name
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of the input file which is to be split.
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If a second additional argument is specified, it is used as a prefix
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for the names of the files into which the file is split.
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In this case, each file into which the file is split is named by the
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prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix using
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.Ar suffix_length
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characters in the range
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.Dq Li a-z .
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If
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.Fl a
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is not specified, two letters are used as the suffix.
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.Pp
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If the
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.Ar name
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argument is not specified,
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.Ql x
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is used.
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v6 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl a
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option was introduced in
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.Nx 2.0 .
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Before that, if
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.Ar name
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was not specified,
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.Nm
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would vary the first letter of the filename
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to increase the number of possible output files.
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The
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.Fl a
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option makes this unnecessary.
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