Re^3: split a file into number of file based on line count

Why do all that when you can equally well use

split -n 100 some_file
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See man split... (on some *NIXes, -l is used instead of -n to specify the line count)

Update:

Qualified the usage of the line count option

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

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Re^4: split a file into number of file based on line count by ww (Archbishop) on May 13, 2009 at 12:01 UTC
Not general. See OP's ref to counting lines.	[reply]
Re^5: split a file into number of file based on line count by Bloodnok (Vicar) on May 13, 2009 at 13:58 UTC
Good point, well made ww :-D It's a classic case of me seeing what I wanted to - I saw ...split that file into 5 file each should contain 100 lines... and tho' I saw the subsequent narrative (fully defining the problem), I completely ignored it !! Glad it wasn't an exam :-D A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]