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The one specified by mdoc is hard to read for non-native speakers from countries which read the date day-first (like Germany, Greece, North-Korea, Swamp,...). This is also consistent with how we generally specify dates at suckless.org.
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918 B
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51 lines
918 B
Groff
.Dd 2015-10-08
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.Dt SPLIT 1
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.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm split
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.Nd split up a file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a Ar num
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.Op Fl b Ar num[k|m|g] | Fl l Ar num
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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splits
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.Ar file
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into files with 1000 lines each, named with
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.Ar prefix
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"x" followed by 2-digit alphabetical count suffixes.
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If
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.Nm
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runs out of suffixes, it stops after the last valid filename.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl a Ar num
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Set suffix length to
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.Ar num
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characters.
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The default is 2.
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.It Fl b Ar num[k|m|g] | Fl l Ar num
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Start a new file every
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.Ar num
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bytes | lines.
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The units k, m, and g are case insensitive and powers of 2, not 10.
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The default is 1000 lines.
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.It Fl d
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Use decimal rather than alphabetical suffixes.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cat 1
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is compliant with the
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.St -p1003.1-2013
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specification.
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.Pp
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The
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.Op Fl d
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flag and g unit are an extension to that specification.
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