Unix Tip: SPLIT FILES FOR FLOPPIES

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Unix Tip 3540 - October 19, 2010

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SPLIT FILES FOR FLOPPIES

To split a file up for floppies:

# split -b 1400000

The filenames will be xaa, xbb, etc.
To restore them:

# cat x* > original_filename

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