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csplit
Options
–A Uses uppercase letters in place of numbers in the number portion of
created filenames. This generates names of the form xxAA, xxAB, and so on.
–a Uses lowercase letters in place of numbers in the number portion of created
filenames. This generates names of the form xxaa, xxab, and so on.
–f prefix
Specifies a prefix to use in place of the default xx when naming files. If it
causes a filename longer than NAME_MAX bytes, an error occurs and csplit
exits without creating any files.
–k Leaves all created files intact. Normally, when an error occurs, csplit
removes files that it has created.
–n number
Specifies the number of digits in the number portion of created filenames.
–s Suppresses the display of file sizes.
Splitting Criteria
csplit processes the args on the command line sequentially. The first argument
breaks off the first chunk of the file, the second argument breaks off the next chunk
(beginning at the first line remaining in the file), and so on. Thus each chunk of the
file begins with the first line remaining in the file and goes to the line given by the
next arg.
arg values can take any of the following forms:
/regexp/
Takes the chunk as all the lines from the current line up to but not including
the next line that contains a string matching the regular expression regexp.
After csplit obtains the chunk and writes it to an output file, it sets the
current line to the line that matched regexp.
/regexp/offset
Is the same as the previous criterion, except that the chunk goes up to but
not including the line that is a given offset from the first line containing a
string that matches regexp. The offset can be a positive or negative integer.
After csplit has obtained the chunk and written it to an output file, it sets
the current line to the line that matched regexp.
Note: This current line is the first one that was not part of the chunk just
written out.
%regexp%
Is the same as /regexp/, except that csplit does not write the chunk to an
output file. It simply skips over the chunk.
%regexp%offset
Is the same as /regexp/offset, except csplit does not write the chunk to an
output file.
linenumber
Obtains a chunk beginning at the current line and going up to but not
including the linenumberth line. After split writes the chunk to an output file,
it sets the current line to linenumber.
{number}
Repeats the previous criterion number times. If it follows a regular
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