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Jul 27th, 2009
Jul 27th, 2009
Splitting a file in GNU/Linux
Splitting a file in GNU/Linux
If you want to split a file “myvideo” with size 9.6 Mb( 10000000 b) into two, then the command to do the same is:
$ split -b 5000000 myvideo
File “myvideo” is now split into two files “xaa” and “xab” by default and these two files will be having the size 5000000 b. Reducing file size will lead to more number of new files generated. You can also specify the output filename. Suppose you want to use output file name as “video”, then the following command will help you:
$ split -b 5000000 example myvideo
Now how to join the splitted files? You can use the cat command to join the splitted files. For example if the new files generated by split are “xaa”, “xab” and “xac”, use the following command to join the splitted files.
$ cat xa* > filename
