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+.\"	@(#)split.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
+.\"
+.Dd April 16, 1994
+.Dt SPLIT 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm split
+.Nd split a file into pieces
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm split
+.Op Fl b Ar byte_count[k|m]
+.Op Fl l Ar line_count
+.Op Ar file Op Ar name
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm split
+utility reads the given
+.Ar file
+(or standard input if no file is specified)
+and breaks it up into files of 1000 lines each.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl b
+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
+Create smaller files
+.Ar n
+lines in length.
+.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 in the range of 
+.Dq Li aa-zz .
+.Pp
+If the
+.Ar name
+argument is not specified, the file is split into lexically ordered
+files named in the range of
+.Dq Li xaa-zzz .
+.Sh BUGS
+For historical reasons, if you specify
+.Ar name ,
+.Nm split
+can only create 676 separate
+files.
+The default naming convention allows 2028 separate files.
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm split
+command appeared in
+.At v6 .