[pberghol@cowdawg splitter]$ wc -l bigfile.txt
    500 bigfile.txt
[pberghol@cowdawg splitter]$ wc -l litte_file_*
     30 litte_file_01.txt
     30 litte_file_02.txt
     30 litte_file_03.txt
     30 litte_file_04.txt
     30 litte_file_05.txt
     30 litte_file_06.txt
     30 litte_file_07.txt
     30 litte_file_08.txt
     30 litte_file_09.txt
     30 litte_file_10.txt
     30 litte_file_11.txt
     30 litte_file_12.txt
     30 litte_file_13.txt
     30 litte_file_14.txt
     30 litte_file_15.txt
     30 litte_file_16.txt
     20 litte_file_17.txt
    500 total