split

Split a file into pieces.

• Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split):

split -l 10 {{filename}}

• Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split):

split -n 5 {{filename}}

• Split a file with at most 512 bytes of lines in each split:

split -C 512 {{filename}}