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author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man1/split.1 b/man/man1/split.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ffb012d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/split.1 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.TH SPLIT 1 +.CT 1 files +.SH NAME +split \- split a file into pieces +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B split +[ +.I option ... +] +[ +.I file +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Split +reads +.I file +(standard input by default) +and writes it in pieces of 1000 +lines per output file. +The names of the +output files are +.BR xaa , +.BR xab , +and so on to +.BR xzz . +The options are +.TP +.BI -n " n" +Split into +.IR n -line +pieces. +.TP +.BI -l " n" +Synonym for +.B -n +.IR n , +a nod to Unix's syntax. +.TP +.BI -e " expression" +File divisions occur at each line +that matches a regular +.IR expression ; +see +.IR regexp (6). +Multiple +.B -e +options may appear. +If a subexpression of +.I expression +is contained in parentheses +.BR ( ... ) , +the output file name is the portion of the +line which matches the subexpression. +.TP +.BI -f " stem +Use +.I stem +instead of +.B x +in output file names. +.TP +.BI -s " suffix +Append +.I suffix +to names identified under +.BR -e . +.TP +.B -x +Exclude the matched input line from the output file. +.TP +.B -i +Ignore case in option +.BR -e ; +force output file names (excluding the suffix) +to lower case. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/split.c +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR sed (1), +.IR awk (1), +.IR grep (1), +.IR regexp (6) |