Re: Unix : How to cut a file into pieces?

From: Mahesh Kalakonda <KalakoM_at_telkom.co.za>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:43:37 +0200
Message-Id: <10572.113212@fatcity.com>

hi, friends, rather than that ,
why don't u use=20
split <file_name>
command of unix, it has options about how many lines each file to be = splitted into, also it gives the name on its own, better if u move the = file to be splitted into a new directory so that u will get the original = file with all its equally splitted files with sequence numbers attached = will be available within the same file,=20 i've used it long back, i just remembered , hence informing. for more info=20
$man split
u'll get the details
regards
k.mahesh

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use combinations of head and tail and re-direct the output

head -10000 filename>filename2 puts 1st 10000 lines into = filename2
tail +10001 filename|head -10000>filename3 puts next 10000 lines into = filename3

etc....see man pages for more info

At 09:44 AM 7/27/00 -0800, Veronica Levin wrote:
>I was wondering if there is a way to cut a 63MB text file into small =
pieces
>without opening it with vi.
>
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>Administrador AIX
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>Tel=E9fono: 505-2493779
>Fax: 505-2443979
>Email: vlevin_at_victoria.com.ni=20
>http://www.victoria.com.ni=20

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