Linux - Example to split a file in to small file, Create split input file

Example to split a file in to small file

Create split input file

 # for i in {1..1000}; do echo "$i" >> split_input; done

First we shall create an input file for splitting a file. With the above command we shall create a large input file for splitting a file which has 1000 lines. File split_input file will be having 1000 lines which we shall use it for spliting in to small chunks, 100 lines per file.

How to split a file

 # split -l 100 split_input split_output

Output:

 # ls -l
 
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux   3893 Jun 18 16:28 split_input
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    292 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputaa
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputab
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputac
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputad
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputae
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputaf
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputag
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputah
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    400 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputai
 -rw-r--r--. 1 id825385 linux    401 Jun 18 16:32 split_outputaj

By using the above command now the file has been splitted in to 100 lines per file. You can see the above output which has splitted small chunks of files.

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