tldr/pages/osx/split.md

# split

> Split a file into pieces.

- Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split):

`split -l {{10}} {{filename}}`

- Split a file by a pattern (the pattern is the head of each split):

`split -p {{pattern}} {{filename}}`

- Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes):

`split -b {{512}} {{filename}}`