The csplit(1) utility breaks the specified file into
smaller files, as directed by the argn arguments. The
argn arguments specify a context for where the file is to be
split. If file is -, csplit(1) reads standard input.
Name the created files prefix00,
prefix01, and so on to prefixnn. The default
prefix is xx. If the prefix would make the resulting
file name longer than {NAME_MAX}, csplit(1) exits with a
diagnostic message and no files are created.
-karg
Leave any previously created files intact if an error occurs.
Otherwise, csplit(1) removes them.
-nnumber
Use number decimal digits to form file names for the
file pieces. The default is 2. If the number of digits, combined
with the prefix, would make the resulting file name longer than
{NAME_MAX}, csplit(1) exits with a diagnostic message and no
files are created.
-q
Suppress the writing of file size messages to standard output.
A synonym for -s.
-s
Suppress the writing of file size messages to standard
output.
The arguments arg1 through argn specify where to
split the file. They can be a combination of the following:
/rexp/[+|-offset]
Create a file using the current line up to but not including
the first line that matches the basic regular expression
rexp plus an optional offset. The offset is a
positive integer preceded by + (for a number of lines after
the regular expression match) or - (for a number of lines
before the regular expression match). That boundary, the regular
expression match plus the offset (if any), becomes the new current
line.
%rexp%[+|-offset]
Skip from the current line up to but not including the
first line that matches the basic regular expression rexp
plus an optional offset. This behaves in the same way as
/rexp/, except that it doesn't create a
file.
line_num
Create a file from the current line, up to but not including
line number line_num. The first line is numbered 1, and the
line line_num becomes the new current line.
{num}
Repeat previous operand num times.
It is always an error if the argument does not match;
csplit(1) fails.