centos man page for split

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NAME
       split - split a file into pieces

SYNOPSIS
       split [OPTION]... [INPUT [PREFIX]]

DESCRIPTION
       Output  fixed-size  pieces  of  INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.  With no INPUT, or
       when INPUT is -, read standard input.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -a, --suffix-length=N
	      generate suffixes of length N (default 2)

       --additional-suffix=SUFFIX
	      append an additional SUFFIX to file names

       -b, --bytes=SIZE
	      put SIZE bytes per output file

       -C, --line-bytes=SIZE
	      put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file

       -d, --numeric-suffixes[=FROM]
	      use numeric suffixes instead of alphabetic; FROM changes the start value (default 0)

       -e, --elide-empty-files
	      do not generate empty output files with '-n'

       --filter=COMMAND
	      write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE

       -l, --lines=NUMBER
	      put NUMBER lines per output file

       -n, --number=CHUNKS
	      generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below

       -u, --unbuffered
	      immediately copy input to output with '-n r/...'

       --verbose
	      print a diagnostic just before each output file is opened

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       SIZE is an integer and optional unit (example: 10M is 10*1024*1024).  Units are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y (powers of  1024)  or  KB,  MB,  ...
       (powers of 1000).

       CHUNKS  may  be:  N	  split  into  N files based on size of input K/N     output Kth of N to stdout l/N	split into N files without
       splitting lines l/K/N   output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines r/N	 like 'l' but use round robin distribution  r/K/N    like-
       wise but only output Kth of N to stdout

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AUTHOR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for split is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and split programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info coreutils 'split invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.22						     June 2014								  SPLIT(1)