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Old 11-25-2013
Wrench Splitting the file basis of Line Number
Can u pls advise the unix command as I have a file which contain the records in the below format
Code:
    333434
    435435
    435443
    434543
    343536

Now the total line count is 89380 , now i want to create a separate

I am trying to split my large big file into small bits using the line numbers. For example my file has 89380 lines and i would like to divide this into small files of which has 1000 lines.

could you please advise unix command to achieve this
# 2  
Old 11-25-2013
Punpun66,

Code:
split -d -l 1000 input.txt "Inputfile_"

# 3  
Old 11-25-2013
You can also try below,

Code:
 
cat input.txt
1 3 4 5 6
3 6 7 8 3 5
2 3 5 6
2 3
1 4 5 6 8 9 9 4

Code:
 
split -l 2 -a 2 input.txt "Splitfile_"

Quote:
This will give you 3 files each having 2 lines (number provided for -l) as below each file named as Spllitfile_xx (xx based on number provided for -a option),
Code:
 
Splitfile_aa
Splitfile_ab
Splitfile_ac

 
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