I am sorry for the confusion. Lets say the actual file has 5 blocks as shown below(each end of block is distinguished by a record having its first character as '5'). Now, I will be dividing this actual file into 4 smaller files

Step 1: Go through the file, find the first record having the first character as '5' and copy until then to first file.

Step 2:Copy the next block until you get first character as '5' into second file and so on until the entire file is divided into 4 smaller files in round robin fashion

Actual File: 
1this is block 1
2this is block 1
3this is block 1
4this is block 1
2this is block 1
3this is block 1
5this is block 1
1this is block 2
2this is block 2
3this is block 2
2this is block 2
3this is block 2
5this is block 2
1this is block 3
2this is block 3
5this is block 3
1this is block 4
2this is block 4
5this is block 4
1this is block 5
3this is block 5
5this is block 5

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File1: 
1this is block 1
2this is block 1
3this is block 1
4this is block 1
2this is block 1
3this is block 1
5this is block 1
1this is block 5
3this is block 5
5this is block 5

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File 2: 
1this is block 2
2this is block 2
3this is block 2
2this is block 2
3this is block 2
5this is block 2

[download]
File 3: 
1this is block 3
2this is block 3
5this is block 3

[download]
File 4: 
1this is block 4
2this is block 4
5this is block 4

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In reply to Re^2: Splitting a Blocked file in Round Robin into smaller files by tradersjoe0
in thread Splitting a Blocked file in Round Robin into smaller files by tradersjoe0

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