Change a large file to sereval small files

[haeman]

I have a .tar.gz have 22M in size , I would like to separate it into three files , can advise what can i do ? thx

[VK2COT]

Hello,

Simplest possibility - comes with the operating
system:

split â split a file into pieces

Example at the command-line (to split your
archive into 5 MB files):

# split -b 5m myarch.tar.gz myarch

Cheers,

VK2COT

[Steven Schweda]

Depending on what you intend to do with the
pieces, "man split" could be informative.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

try the 'split' command.

and to get it back to original, use the 'join' command

if you need any further assistance, please let us know.

hope this helps!
kind regards
yogeeraj

[Dennis Handly]

>yogeeraj: to get it back to original, use the join command

I doubt join(1) will work. The opposite of split(1) is cat(1).

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hi,
several way:
split if you ant to simply split it by size, or by content you can use grep, sed, awk, perl, etc.

HTH,
Art

[Yogeeraj_1]

Thank you Dennis for the clarification.

Be careful when you use split and cat to split and concatenate files back again. The proper sequence of files is crucial and will prevent any form of data corruption.

Sorry again for this wrong reply and inconveniences.

kind regards
yogeeraj