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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 76fdce165..00a557578 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3049,6 +3049,67 @@ Write a diagnostic just before each output file is opened. @exitstatus +Here are a few examples to illustrate how the +@option{--number} (@option{-n}) option works: + +Notice how, by default, one line may be split onto two or more: + +@example +$ seq -w 6 10 > k; split -n3 k; head xa? +==> xaa <== +06 +07 +==> xab <== + +08 +0 +==> xac <== +9 +10 +@end example + +Use the "l/" modifier to suppress that: + +@example +$ seq -w 6 10 > k; split -nl/3 k; head xa? +==> xaa <== +06 +07 + +==> xab <== +08 +09 + +==> xac <== +10 +@end example + +Use the "r/" modifier to distribute lines in a round-robin fashion: + +@example +$ seq -w 6 10 > k; split -nr/3 k; head xa? +==> xaa <== +06 +09 + +==> xab <== +07 +10 + +==> xac <== +08 +@end example + +You can also extract just the Kth chunk. +This extracts and prints just the 7th "chunk" of 33: + +@example +$ seq 100 > k; split -nl/7/33 k +20 +21 +22 +@end example + @node csplit invocation @section @command{csplit}: Split a file into context-determined pieces |