csplit
(1g)
Name
csplit - split a file into sections determined by context
lines
Synopsis
csplit [OPTION]... FILE PATTERN...
Description
User Commands CSPLIT(1)
NAME
csplit - split a file into sections determined by context
lines
SYNOPSIS
csplit [OPTION]... FILE PATTERN...
DESCRIPTION
Output pieces of FILE separated by PATTERN(s) to files
'xx00', 'xx01', ..., and output byte counts of each piece to
standard output.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
-b, --suffix-format=FORMAT
use sprintf FORMAT instead of %02d
-f, --prefix=PREFIX
use PREFIX instead of 'xx'
-k, --keep-files
do not remove output files on errors
-n, --digits=DIGITS
use specified number of digits instead of 2
-s, --quiet, --silent
do not print counts of output file sizes
-z, --elide-empty-files
remove empty output files
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Read standard input if FILE is -. Each PATTERN may be:
INTEGER
copy up to but not including specified line number
/REGEXP/[OFFSET]
copy up to but not including a matching line
%REGEXP%[OFFSET]
skip to, but not including a matching line
{INTEGER}
repeat the previous pattern specified number of times
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{*} repeat the previous pattern as many times as possible
A line OFFSET is a required '+' or '-' followed by a posi-
tive integer.
AUTHOR
Written by Stuart Kemp and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report csplit bugs to [email protected]
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
utils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
elp/>
Report csplit translation bugs to <http://translationpro-
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redis-
tribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
+---------------+--------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for csplit is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and csplit programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'csplit invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
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http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/coreutils/.
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