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BSPLIT(1)                   General Commands Manual                  BSPLIT(1)



NAME
       bsplit - split binary data into fixed-size chunks

SYNOPSIS
       bsplit [ -p prefix ] [ -s size ] [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       Bsplit  copies binary data from input files into a series of files with
       names starting with prefix by default) and of a fixed  size  (512MB  by
       default).   The last file may be shorter than size.  This can be useful
       when copying large amounts of data onto fixed-size storage  media  such
       as CDs or DVDs.

FILES
       prefixNNNNN output files

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/bsplit.c

SEE ALSO
       split(1), tarsplit(1)



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