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Split and join with split and cat.
$ split -b 1k file ; cat x* > file `split -b 1k file` splits files into 1k chunks. Rejoin them with `cat x* > file`. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by...
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Split File in parts
$ split -b 19m file Nameforpart Split File in 19 MB big parts, putting parts together again via cat Nameforpartaa Nameforpartab Nameforpartac >> File View this command to comment, vote or add to...
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split source code to page with numbers
$ pr -l 40 bitree.c > printcode; split -40 printcode -d page_ View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by franzcai Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Create a Multi-Part Archive Without Proprietary Junkware
$ tar czv Pictures | split -d -a 3 -b 16M - pics.tar.gz. Leave it to a proprietary software vendor to turn a cheap and easy parlor trick into a selling point. "Hey guys, why don't we turn our...
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Do quick arithmetic on numbers from STDIN with any formatting using a perl...
$ perl -ne '$sum += $_ for grep { /\d+/ } split /[^\d\-\.]+/; print "$sum\n"' Good for summing the numbers embedded in text - a food journal entry for example with calories listed per food where you...
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Split a tarball into multiple parts
$ tar cf - <dir>|split -b<max_size>M - <name>.tar. Create a tar file in multiple parts if it's to large for a single disk, your filesystem, etc. Rejoin later with `cat .tar.*|tar xf...
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Sort a character string
$ echo sortmeplease | perl -pe 'chomp; $_ = join "", sort split //' using perl View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by sharfah Diff your entire server config at...
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Split huge file into DVD+R size chunks for burning
$ split -b 4700000000 file.img.gz file.img.gz. Real DVD+R size is 4700372992 bytes, but I round down a little to be safe. To reconstitute use cat. "cat file.img.gz.aa file.img.gz.ab ..... >...
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Split a file into equal size chunks and archive to (e)mail account.
$ split -b4m file.tgz file.tgz. ; for i in file.tgz.*; do SUBJ="Backup Archive"; MSG="Archive File Attached"; echo $MSG | mutt -a $i -s $SUBJ YourEmail@(E)mail.com This is just a little snippit to...
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convert ascii string to hex
$ echo $ascii | perl -ne 'printf "%x", ord for split //' just a bit simpler View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by linuxrawkstar Diff your entire server config at...
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Find default gateway (proper at ppp connections too)
$ route -n | perl -ne '$ANY="0.0.0.0"; /^$ANY/ and split /\s+/ and print "Gateway to the World: ",($_[1]!=$ANY)?$_[1]:(`ip address show $_[$#_]`=~/peer ([0-9\.]+)/ and $1),", via $_[$#_].\n"' View this...
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encrypt, split and get ready for dvd a large file via tar and ccrypt
$ tar czf - /directory/to/tar | ccrypt -k yourpassword | split -b50m - /final/encrypted.cpt View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by symgryph Diff your entire server...
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Split SQL/TXT File into 12000 Lines Each File and then Add .sql Extension to...
$ split -l 12000 -a 5 database.sql splited_file i=1 for file in splited_file* do mv $file database_${i}.sql i=$(( i + 1 )) done For some reason split will not let you add extension to the files you...
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Create a bunch of dummy text files
$ base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 33554432 | split -b 8192 -da 4 - dummy. Avoiding a for loop brought this time down to less than 3 seconds on my old machine. And just to be clear, 33554432 = 8192 *...
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Split up SQL dump by table
$ split -p 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS' dump.sql dump.sql- View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by ZoeB Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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split & combine a large file
$ split -b 500m file.gz file.gz.part- To recombine split files: cat file.gz.part* > file.gz View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by mayurpant Diff your entire...
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