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Old 05-21-2012
Splitting the file

Hi Friends,
We have a process where we use 11 different files
Code:
 
filename_1
filename_2 and so on to filename11
now we have only 1 file filename_1

if we split the file to 11 files based on KB and use it in our process,
will be having any duplicates?
not sure how splitting works while spllitting the data in the file.
Appreciate if you could explain with an example.
# 2  
Old 05-21-2012
None will have duplicates

Assume the bigfile has 1000 lines, you want 10 with 100 lines each
Code:
split -l 100 bigfile  smallfile

This gives you 10 files named smallfilea, smallfileb.... smalafilej with 100 lines each.

Split by bytes: suppose you have bigfile with 10240 bytes, split into small files of 1024 bytes:
Code:
split -b 1024 bigfile smallfile

Same smallfile names. bigfile is unchanged in either operation.
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Old 05-21-2012
thanks a ton
i tried splitting let me check if i get the same result while joining them !

---------- Post updated at 06:50 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:35 PM ----------

Hi When i tried to join them back got a very bad result.
all the lines are misplaced.
i have used the below command
Code:
 
cat file1 file2 file3 > newfile

# 4  
Old 05-21-2012
It is a line
Code:
split -l

command you want not bytes. This assumes the number of lines divides evenly somehow. You show three files, I'm using three.
Code:
lines=$(cat bigfile | wc -l)  ## uuoc deliberate
while [ $(( $lines % 3 ))  -ne 0 ]
do
    lines=$(( $lines + 1 ))
done
line_split=$(( $lines / 3  ))
split -l $line_split   bigfile  smallfile

When you chop a file that has carriage control (lines) you wreck the lines if you try to split using
Code:
split -b

 
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