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Section (1) csplit

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Name

csplit — split a file into sections determined by context lines

Synopsis

csplit [OPTION...] FILE PATTERN...

DESCRIPTION

Output pieces of FILE separated by PATTERN(s) to files _zsingle_quotesz_xx00_zsingle_quotesz_, _zsingle_quotesz_xx01_zsingle_quotesz_, ..., and output byte counts of each piece to standard output.

Read standard input if FILE is −

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

−b, −−suffix−format=FORMAT/: use sprintf FORMAT instead of %02d
−f, −−prefix=PREFIX/: use PREFIX instead of _zsingle_quotesz_xx_zsingle_quotesz_
−k, −−keep−files: do not remove output files on errors
−−suppress−matched: suppress the lines matching PATTERN
−n, −−digits=DIGITS/: use specified number of digits instead of 2
−s, −−quiet, −−silent: do not print counts of output file sizes
−z, −−elide−empty−files: remove empty output files
−−help: display this help and exit
−−version: output version information and exit

Each PATTERN may be:

INTEGER: copy up to but not including specified line number
/REGEXP/[OFFSET]: copy up to but not including a matching line
%REGEXP%[OFFSET]: skip to, but not including a matching line
{INTEGER}: repeat the previous pattern specified number of times
{*}: repeat the previous pattern as many times as possible

A line OFFSET is a required _zsingle_quotesz_+_zsingle_quotesz_ or _zsingle_quotesz_−_zsingle_quotesz_ followed by a positive integer.

AUTHOR

Written by Stuart Kemp and David MacKenzie.

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