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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Modification of perl script to split a large file into chunks of 5000 chracters Post 303017078 by gimley on Wednesday 9th of May 2018 02:45:38 AM
Old 05-09-2018
Thanks a lot for your kind help. I now understand why my PERL script goofed up also.

---------- Post updated 05-09-18 at 01:45 AM ---------- Previous update was 05-08-18 at 10:49 PM ----------

Hello,
I found an easier method which accommodates words. Am posting it in case someone meets a similar problem
Code:
csplit filename /([\w.,;]+\s+){5000}/

I set it for 5000 words but it can be set for any number.
 

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