Split a large file
-rw-r--r-- 1 itsiti other 12M April 3 03:45 test.zip # split -b 3m test.zip splitfile # ls -lrt splitfile* -rw-rw-r-- 1 itsiti other 4.0M April 3 03:50 splitfileaa -rw-rw-r-- 1 itsiti other 4.0M April 3 03:50 splitfileab -rw-rw-r-- 1 itsiti other 4.0M April 3 03:50 splitfileac</pre>
Note:
split [-b nm] [file [name]]
• -b nm : splitting a file into pieces of size nMB.
• file : the file to be split.
• name : the name for each file after split operation.
Merge files into a file. (2 way)
a. One file at a time
# cat splitfileaa > test1.zip cat splitfileab >> test1.zip cat splitfileac >> test1.zip
b. All files at once
# cat splitfile* > test1.zip
