I have a large file which has blocked data (Block 1 to block 5 represented by first character of each record being 1,2,3,4,5 distinguishing the block number, Block 1 being start of a block and Block 5 being end of each block) I can have something around 20,000 to 21,000 blocks in each file. 

1nkndnfd
2nsnskdnsdn
3ddjsjd
4fksjsdj
2jjdjdidjsijs
3ndskcnsdkndskdns
5kdsjdskjdskj
1ksdjdjsk
2dsjskj
3djkdjsljs
4fdkkjdskjsk
3saddnhsdhsh
4dsnhdshshsshk
5sadjjdjdodjs

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Like wise I can have thousands of blocks. I need to split this large file into smaller 4 files by doing a round robin of each block ending with block 5. End of each block is represented with a block 5 Any help is much appreciated

In reply to Splitting a Blocked file in Round Robin into smaller files by tradersjoe0

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