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+.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/split/split.1,v 1.17 2005/08/30 12:48:28 tjr Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd August 21, 2005
+.Dt SPLIT 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm split
+.Nd split a file into pieces
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl a Ar suffix_length
+.Op Fl b Ar byte_count[k|m]
+.Op Fl l Ar line_count
+.Op Fl p Ar pattern
+.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
+.Pq Sq Fl
+or absent,
+.Nm
+reads from the standard input.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a Ar suffix_length
+Use
+.Ar suffix_length
+letters to form the suffix of the file name.
+.It Fl b Ar byte_count[k|m]
+Create smaller files
+.Ar byte_count
+bytes in length.
+If
+.Dq Li k
+is appended to the number, the file is split into
+.Ar byte_count
+kilobyte pieces.
+If
+.Dq Li m
+is appended to the number, the file is split into
+.Ar byte_count
+megabyte pieces.
+.It Fl l Ar line_count
+Create smaller files
+.Ar n
+lines in length.
+.It Fl p Ar pattern
+The file is split whenever an input line matches
+.Ar pattern ,
+which is interpreted as an extended regular expression.
+The matching line will be the first line of the next output file.
+This option is incompatible with the
+.Fl b
+and
+.Fl l
+options.
+.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, the file is split into lexically ordered
+files named with the prefix
+.Dq Li x
+and with suffixes as above.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+The
+.Ev LANG , LC_ALL , LC_CTYPE
+and
+.Ev LC_COLLATE
+environment variables affect the execution of
+.Nm
+as described in
+.Xr environ 7 .
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr csplit 1 ,
+.Xr re_format 7
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm
+utility conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.At v3 .
+.Sh BUGS
+The maximum line length for matching patterns is 65536.