distribute2(USP)

Name

distribute2 : Divides a file into portions with equality.

Synopsis

Usage   : distribute2 [-a] <file1> <file2> ... <file>

Version : Tue Jan  9 09:02:34 JST 2024

Edition : 1

Description

The command divides an input file <file> into files with equal size

keeping each block having an equal size. As the command splits a file

at the line feeds, the size of each block is not necessarily equivalent.

The command works faster than distribute since the content is split into

blocks.

The <file> must designate a regular file.

Use the -a option to write content in the append mode.

Example

$ cat data

1 a

2 b

3 c

4 d

5 e

6 f

7 g

8 h

9 i

10 j

$ distribute2 file1 file2 file3 data

$ cat file1

1 a

2 b

3 c

4 d

$ cat file2

5 e

6 f

7 g

$ cat file3

8 h

9 i

10 j

$ distribute2 -a file1 file2 file3 data

$ cat file1

1 a

2 b

3 c

4 d

1 a

2 b

3 c

4 d