UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

I am trying to do the following;
bzcat data.in.bz2 | split -l 1000000 -d

this work great, except that once the files have been split, they are not in the directory I want them to be in. So I then have to move them, at times this can get hairy.

Is there anyway to specify where the files go after using the split command?

Thanks,

Try

Code:

bzcat data.in.bz2 | (cd whereever; split -l 1000000 -d)

Or

Code:

cd whereever
bzcat /path_to_my_bzfile/data.in.bz2 | split -l 1000000 -d

Is there anyway that the files outputted couldn't have the x00 format and instead make it have a more meaningful name? Or is the mv command also required for that?

Thanks though, the directory idea worked.

Check the man page for split, you can vary it somewhat.

If you have a degree in quantum physics you could challenge csplit.

it turns out that - is the secret... I had no idea what the man page was talking about with that dash, but doing this

bzcat $datadir/FILE.bz2 | split -l num -d - $outputdir/FILE_NAME

will put it in the directory and with the name.

Thanks for all the help : )