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Adds example on how to split large files
<ref>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5119946/find-exec-with-multiple-commands</ref>
== Split a big file ==
Say you have a file with 50,000 lines in it, which becomes unwieldy to deal with in a spreadsheet or otherwise. You can easily split the file into segments with the <code>split</code> command. Be default it uses alpha suffixes (little_file.aa, little_file.ab, etc.) If you add the option <code>--numeric-suffixes</code>, then you'll end up with little_file.00, little_file.01, etc. If you would like to re-add the original suffix, then you must use the option called <code>--additional-suffix</code>
The following command takes BIG_FILE.txt and for every 10,000 lines of that file, it generates new files called 'little_file.00.txt', 'little_file.01.txt', 'little_file.02.txt', and so on.
<source lang="bash">
split --lines=10000 --numeric-suffixes --additional-suffix='.txt' BIG_FILE.txt little_file.
</source>
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