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lbmk/util/sbase/split.1
Leah Rowe e9a910b33c config/git: import suckless sbase
i currently use the output of sha512sum in several
places of xbmk, which is a bit unreliable in case
output changes.

other cases where i use util outputs in variables
are probably reliable, because i'm using mostly
posix utilities in those.

to mitigate this, i now import suckless sbase, which
has a reasonable sha512sum implementation.

*every* binary it builds is being placed in build.list,
because i'll probably start using more of them.

for example, i may start modifying the "date"
implementation, adding the GNU-specific options that
i need as mentioned on init.sh

i'm importing it in util/ because the sha512sum
util is needed for verifying project sources, so
if sbase itself is a "project source", that means
we can into a chicken and egg bootstrapping problem.

this is sbase at revision:
055cc1ae1b3a13c3d8f25af0a4a3316590efcd48

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
2025-10-04 09:20:12 +01:00

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.Dd October 8, 2015
.Dt SPLIT 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm split
.Nd split up a file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl a Ar num
.Op Fl b Ar num[k|m|g] | Fl l Ar num
.Op Fl d
.Op Ar file Op Ar prefix
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
splits
.Ar file
into files with 1000 lines each, named with
.Ar prefix
"x" followed by 2-digit alphabetical count suffixes.
If
.Nm
runs out of suffixes, it stops after the last valid filename.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a Ar num
Set suffix length to
.Ar num
characters.
The default is 2.
.It Fl b Ar num[k|m|g] | Fl l Ar num
Start a new file every
.Ar num
bytes | lines.
The units k, m, and g are case insensitive and powers of 2, not 10.
The default is 1000 lines.
.It Fl d
Use decimal rather than alphabetical suffixes.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cat 1
.Sh STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2013.
.Pp
The
.Op Fl d
flag and g unit are an extension to that specification.