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11 Useful split command examples for Linux/UNIX systems

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Pradeep Kumar
Nov 15, 2017

split command is used to split or break a file into the pieces in Linux and UNIX systems. Whenever we split a large file with split command then split output file’s default size is 1000 lines and its default prefix would be ???x???.

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Pradeep Kumar

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