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Questions tagged [csplit]

For questions pertaining csplit, a utility that split files based on context.

Split files based on context.

External reference

csplit specification ( The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 edition)

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Split a file into two

I have a big file and need to split into two files. Suppose in the first file the 1000 lines should be selected and put into another file and delete those lines in the first file. I tried using split but it is creating multiple chunks.
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Exclude delimiter with csplit

Is it possible to remove the delimiter with csplit? Example: $ cat in abc --- def --- ghi $ csplit -q in /-/ '{*}' $ ls x* xx00 xx01 xx02 $ head xx* ==> xx00 <== abc ==> xx01 <== --- def ==> xx02 <== --- ghi Instead of what it did, i.e. split…
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csplit not recognizing provided regexp

I'm working on this big file (DATA.DAT, ~900MB) which contains several other files. It's from a PS2 game. Sound samples (which are in .AIFF format), precisely what I'm after, make up most of its size. After searching the web for PS2 .DAT extractors…
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How to split a file into multiple file after N appearence of a pattern?

I have a file on Linux, containing the coordinates of thousands of molecules. Each molecule starts with a line containing always the same pattern: @MOLECULE And then continues with other lines. I would like to split the file into multiple…
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text processing rows to columns for a block

I have a file containing lists on Solaris: List A hi hello hw r u List B Hi Yes List C Hello I need to transpose the lists as shown below: List A List B List C hi Hi Hello hello Yes hw r u How can I do this on Solaris?
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csplit regex with pipe (|)

i want to split file by regular expression, i have file format as below 0|t| lorem ... some text 138|t| title some text if i execute egrep "[0-9]+\|t\|" file | wc -l it counts occurrence correctly but if i execute csplit filename /[0-9]+\|t\|/…
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How do I use modern coreutils on Mac?

How do I get modern coreutils on mac? I ran into this problem using csplit: foo.txt: foo 1 foo 2 foo 3 $: csplit foo '^foo$' '{*}' # error Double checking the manpage, man csplit, csplit on Mac is the FreeBSD version and does not offer the '{*}'…
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csplit multiple files into multiple files

folks- I'm a bit stumped, on this one. I'm trying to write a bash script that will use csplit to take multiple input files and split them according to the same pattern. (For context: I have multiple TeX files with questions in them, separated by the…
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Bash - extract an indented code block into new file

I have a bunch of LilyPond files in the following format: \score { \new StaffGroup = "" \with { instrumentName = \markup { \bold \huge \larger "1." } } << \new Staff = "celloI" \with { midiInstrument = #"cello" } \relative c { …
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How to split a file based on context?

I have some files that contain the results of the lldpneighbors command from all our servers. I would like to split these files into individual files for each server in order to make it easier to import this data into our inventory system. Sample…
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Split a text file into multiple files, beyond the {99} limit of csplit

I'd like to split the contents of a .txt file into multiple files, but I'm encountering two questions about limitations of csplit: (1) can anyone offer a way around csplit's maximum limit of '99' file splits? I have a file with up to 384 splits…
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Divide a fasta file with scaffolds into same lenght files respecting the scaffold ID and the sequence

I am currently working with a large fasta file (3.7GB) that has scaffolds in it. Each scaffold has a unique identifier that starts with > on the first line and on the consecutive line it has the DNA sequence like…
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alternative to csplit - splitting after the pattern

I want to split a file after a delimiter, not before the delimiter, which is what csplit does. I can't find anything anywhere! (Also, why would there be a tool that specifically splits before a pattern, but not one that splits after…
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Select the contents respective to some specific content from a file and move it to an output file

I have a file tnsnames.ora and its contents are as below. NEWDB = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = linuxerp.de.mph.com)(PORT = 1521)) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = linuxerp.de.mph.com)(PORT = 1550)) (CONNECT_DATA…
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using csplit to split a file based on a regular expression to multiple files

I have a text file that has the contents of the example below, and I would like to split the file to multiple files. [TXT] /path/to/[TXT] [BAT] /path/to/[BAT] [TXT] /path/to/blah/[TXT] [BAT] /path/to/blah/[BAT] So I have figured out I can…
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