Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

csplit

Synopsis

                  csplit [options] file 
                  arguments
               

Separate file into context-based sections and place sections in files named xx00 through xxn (n < 100), breaking file at each pattern specified in arguments. See also split.

Options

-

Read from standard input.

-b suffix, --suffix-format= suffix

Append suffix to output filename. This option causes -n to be ignored. suffix must specify how to convert the binary integer to readable form by including one of the following: %d, %i, %u, %o, %x, or %X. The value of suffix determines the format for numbers as follows:

%d

Signed decimal.

%i

Same as %d.

%u

Unsigned decimal.

%o

Octal.

%x

Hexadecimal.

%X

Same as %x.

-f prefix, --prefix= prefix

Name new files prefix00 through prefixn (default is xx00 through xxn).

-k, --keep-files

Keep newly created files even when an error occurs (which would normally remove these files). This is useful when you need to specify an arbitrarily large repeat argument, { n }, and you don’t want an out-of-range error to cause removal of the new files.

-n num, --digits= num

Use output filenames with numbers num digits long. The default is 2.

-s, -q, --silent, --quiet

Suppress all character counts.

-z, --elide-empty-files

Do not create empty output files. However, number as if those files had been created.

Arguments

Any one or a combination of the following expressions may be specified as arguments. Arguments containing blanks or other special characters should be surrounded by single quotes.

/ expr /[offset]

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