making smaller files from larger ones

[Erik Allaert]

Hola,

I have a 9Gb file that I would like to chop into <2Gb sizes, is there a command or method to do this.

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[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

yes, you can use dd.

using the options bs, skip, and count you can easily do so:

dd if=bigfile of=littleone bs=1024 count=2097152

then the next file

dd if=bigfile of=littletwo bs=1024 skip=2097152 count=2097152

.....


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[harry d brown jr]

I should have added: BUT, be careful that you are getting the correct start and stop blocks correct. Make sure you don't delete your original bigfile, in case you need to adjust your numebrs.


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[harry d brown jr]

And beleive it or not, here's a site covering just this:

http://www.crazytrain.com/dd.html


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[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi,

how about "split"? ;-)

regards,
Thierry.

[harry d brown jr]

Thierry,

good idea, "split" with the "-b2048m" option it would make 2gb files. Good catch!

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