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How to split a file using the split command?


Asked by Larry Duke on Dec 12, 2021 FAQ



The syntax for the split command is : # split -b [size of split pieces] [file to split]
In addition,
The compress (zip) folder function in Windows allows you to put one or more electronic files into another type of file called a compressed folder (also known as a compressed file, archive or zip file). This allows you to keep several files together and reduces the size of the group of files.
Similarly, split command in Unix is used to split a large file into smaller files. The splitting can be done on various criteria: on the basis of number of lines, or the number of output files or the byte count, etc.
Accordingly,
With split command we can create split output files with customize suffix. Let’s assume we want to create split output files with customize suffix Let’s suppose we want to split an iso file into 4 chunk output files. Use ‘-n’ option with split command limit the number of split output files. Verify the Split out files using ll command.
Keeping this in consideration,
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