splitting the large file into smaller files

vsnreddy · #1 (**permalink**) 11-16-2008

hi all
im new to this forum..excuse me if anythng wrong.

I have a file containing 600 MB data in that. when i do parse the data in perl program im getting out of memory error.

so iam planning to split the file into smaller files and process one by one.

can any one tell me what is the code will do for spliting the bigger file.

what is the better way to achieve this ?

samsbery · #2 (**permalink**) 11-16-2008

Hi,

If you are working on Unix, then you can use unix split command. Its quick and does the split as per your requirement.

Try

split -b [bytes][k/m] filename

where you can provide bytes in Kilobytes or Megabytes by putting k/m after the byte number.

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