From 5b57d28ffb6e1ef86b50f7d05d977826eae89bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kiyoshi Aman Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 22:55:37 +0000 Subject: initial population --- usr.bin/split/split.1 | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr.bin/split/split.1 (limited to 'usr.bin/split/split.1') diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.1 b/usr.bin/split/split.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a25e3c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/split/split.1 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.15 2007/05/31 01:35:35 jschauma Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94 +.\" +.Dd May 28, 2007 +.Dt SPLIT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm split +.Nd split a file into pieces +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length +.Oo +.Fl b Ar byte_count Ns Oo Li k|m Oc | +.Fl l Ar line_count +.Fl n Ar chunk_count +.Oc +.Op Ar file Op Ar name +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility reads the given +.Ar file +and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each. +If +.Ar file +is a single dash or absent, +.Nm +reads from the standard input. +.Ar file +itself is not altered. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl a +Use +.Ar suffix_length +letters to form the suffix of the file name. +.It Fl b +Create smaller files +.Ar byte_count +bytes in length. +If +.Ql k +is appended to the number, the file is split into +.Ar byte_count +kilobyte pieces. +If +.Ql m +is appended to the number, the file is split into +.Ar byte_count +megabyte pieces. +.It Fl l +Create smaller files +.Ar line_count +lines in length. +.It Fl n +Split file into +.Ar chunk_count +smaller files. +.El +.Pp +If additional arguments are specified, the first is used as the name +of the input file which is to be split. +If a second additional argument is specified, it is used as a prefix +for the names of the files into which the file is split. +In this case, each file into which the file is split is named by the +prefix followed by a lexically ordered suffix using +.Ar suffix_length +characters in the range +.Dq Li a-z . +If +.Fl a +is not specified, two letters are used as the suffix. +.Pp +If the +.Ar name +argument is not specified, +.Ql x +is used. +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v6 . +.Pp +The +.Fl a +option was introduced in +.Nx 2.0 . +Before that, if +.Ar name +was not specified, +.Nm +would vary the first letter of the filename +to increase the number of possible output files. +The +.Fl a +option makes this unnecessary. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2