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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt SPLIT 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm split
	6 .Nd split up a file
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Op Fl a Ar num
	10 .Op Fl b Ar num[k\|m\|g] \| Fl l Ar num
	11 .Op Fl d
	12 .Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
	13 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	14 .Nm
	15 splits
	16 .Ar file
	17 into files with 1000 lines each, named with
	18 .Ar prefix
	19 "x" followed by 2-digit alphabetical count suffixes.
	20 If
	21 .Nm
	22 runs out of suffixes, it stops after the last valid filename.
	23 .Sh OPTIONS
	24 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	25 .It Fl a Ar num
	26 Set suffix length to
	27 .Ar num
	28 characters.
	29 The default is 2.
	30 .It Fl b Ar num[k\|m\|g] \| Fl l Ar num
	31 Start a new file every
	32 .Ar num
	33 bytes \| lines.
	34 The units k, m, and g are case insensitive and powers of 2, not 10.
	35 The default is 1000 lines.
	36 .It Fl d
	37 Use decimal rather than alphabetical suffixes.
	38 .El
	39 .Sh SEE ALSO
	40 .Xr cat 1
	41 .Sh STANDARDS
	42 The
	43 .Nm
	44 utility is compliant with the
	45 .St -p1003.1-2013
	46 specification.
	47 .Pp
	48 The
	49 .Op Fl d
	50 flag and g unit are an extension to that specification.