Splitting text files into multiple files using context lines or splitting at specific line numbers. | Linux Today

Splitting text files into multiple files using context lines or splitting at specific line numbers.

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Sep 28, 2020

Learn all about csplit, a text utility provided by the GNU Core Utilities package. This utility allow you to split a text file into two or more files using pattern matching or line counting.

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