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 NAME     
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 SYNOPSIS     
 |  |  |  | split [ option ... ] [ file ] 
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 DESCRIPTION     
 |  |  |  | Split reads file (standard input by default) and writes it in
    pieces of 1000 lines per output file. The names of the output
    files are xaa, xab, and so on to xzz. The options are −n n   Split into n-line pieces.
 −l n   Synonym for −n n, a nod to Unix’s syntax.
 −e expression
 
 −f stem|  |  |  | File divisions occur at each line that matches a regular expression;
        see regexp(7). Multiple −e options may appear. If a subexpression
        of expression is contained in parentheses (...), the output file
        name is the portion of the line which matches the subexpression. 
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 −s suffix|  |  |  | Use stem instead of x in output file names. 
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 −x    Exclude the matched input line from the output file.|  |  |  | Append suffix to names identified under −e. 
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 −i    Ignore case in option −e; force output file names (excluding
    the suffix) to lower case.
 
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