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Old 10-04-2006
Split Command options

HI! All
iam using Split command to split a large .txt file in to smaller files,

The syntax iam using
split -25000 Product.txt

iam getting four output files but not in .txt format but in some other format ,
when i checked the properties the Type of the output files is Type

can any one help me in this
# 2  
Old 10-04-2006
did you follow the suggestions given earlier??

split -l 25000 Product.txt

then do:

file Product.txt

It should say ascii text.
# 3  
Old 10-04-2006
The Split comman is working but the output files which iam getting is in bytes format ,i need to conver these file from Byte fromat to .txt format

Is there any command in UNIX which performs this task
# 4  
Old 10-04-2006
just curious.... what is 'byte format'?
# 5  
Old 10-04-2006
the file looks like operating system file with out any extension to it .that is byte format
# 6  
Old 10-04-2006
if you try and execute the split command ,the result is byte format instead of the txt fromat .
# 7  
Old 10-04-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by mohdtausifsh
the file looks like operating system file with out any extension to it .that is byte format
interesting....
I must be missing something obvious here, but... why do you need an extention?
And if you do, you can always rename/'mv' the file to the one with an extention.
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