Manual: gnucsplit

CSPLIT(1)						User Commands						   CSPLIT(1)

NAME
       csplit - split a file into sections determined by context lines

SYNOPSIS
       csplit [OPTION]... FILE PATTERN...

DESCRIPTION
       Output  pieces  of FILE separated by PATTERN(s) to files 'xx00', 'xx01', ..., and output byte counts of each piece to
       standard output.

       Read standard input if FILE is -

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -b, --suffix-format=FORMAT
	      use sprintf FORMAT instead of %02d

       -f, --prefix=PREFIX
	      use PREFIX instead of 'xx'

       -k, --keep-files
	      do not remove output files on errors

       --suppress-matched
	      suppress the lines matching PATTERN

       -n, --digits=DIGITS
	      use specified number of digits instead of 2

       -s, --quiet, --silent
	      do not print counts of output file sizes

       -z, --elide-empty-files
	      suppress empty output files

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

   Each PATTERN may be:
       INTEGER
	      copy up to but not including specified line number

       /REGEXP/[OFFSET]
	      copy up to but not including a matching line

       %REGEXP%[OFFSET]
	      skip to, but not including a matching line

       {INTEGER}
	      repeat the previous pattern specified number of times

       {*}    repeat the previous pattern as many times as possible

       A line OFFSET is an integer optionally preceded by '+' or '-'

AUTHOR
       Written by Stuart Kemp and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO
       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) csplit invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						   CSPLIT(1)