in reply to Re: Splitting Large File into many small ones.
in thread Splitting Large File into many small ones.

Update: I forgot to paste the link. D'oh!

In that case, you will probably find this useful. They run markedly quicker than the perl ports or cygwin versions being natively compiled.

P:\test>split --help Usage: split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]] Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default PREFIX is `x'. With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input +. -b, --bytes=SIZE put SIZE bytes per output file -C, --line-bytes=SIZE put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output f +ile -l, --lines=NUMBER put NUMBER lines per output file -NUMBER same as -l NUMBER --verbose print a diagnostic to standard error just before each output file is opened --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg. Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

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