File pieces

azaria has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: File pieces by citromatik (Curate) on Apr 29, 2008 at 16:23 UTC
I have never used it, but File::Split should do what you are looking for citromatik	[reply]
Re: File pieces by apl (Monsignor) on Apr 29, 2008 at 16:29 UTC
If you're using *nix, don't reinvent the wheel. Take a look at the split utility.	[reply]
Re: File pieces by toolic (Bishop) on Apr 29, 2008 at 16:29 UTC
If you are on nix, there is the split* command: `man split` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: File pieces by azaria (Beadle) on Apr 29, 2008 at 18:27 UTC
I am running on windows OS unless I could use the Unix system command split. Do you know if there is any parallel dos command (which i don't beleive) Thanks and waiting for any other codes examples azaria	[reply]
Re^3: File pieces by stiller (Friar) on Apr 29, 2008 at 19:03 UTC
Check out Cygwin, for me it's a first addition on any new windows box.	[reply]
Re^4: File pieces by Sinistral (Monsignor) on Apr 29, 2008 at 21:35 UTC
Re: File pieces by ig (Vicar) on Apr 30, 2008 at 15:56 UTC
You might find the GnuWin32 tools helpful. This includes split and csplit in CoreUtils.	[reply]