split

Question 1

split

Answer 1

Output pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, …; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is ‘x’.

Question 2

split –verbose

Answer 2

Display verbose information.

Question 3

split -l

Answer 3

-l, –lines=NUMBER, Put NUMBER lines/records per output file.

Question 4

split -b

Answer 4

-b, –bytes=SIZE, Put SIZE bytes per output file.

Question 5

split -d

Answer 5

-d, Use numeric suffixes starting at -, not alphabetic.

Question 6

split -e

Answer 6

-e, –elide-empty-files, Do not generate empty output files with ‘-n’

Question 7

split -n

Answer 7

-n, –number=CHUNKS, Generate CHUNKS output files. CHUNKS may be:

N split into N files based on size of input

K/N output Kth of N to stdout

l/N split into N files without splitting lines/records

l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records

r/N like ‘l’ but use round robin distribution

r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout

Question 8

split -a

Answer 8

-a, –suffix-length=N, Generate suffixes of length N (default 2)