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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: split

Last Updated on June 4, 2023

This article spotlights alternative tools to split.

split man page

The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.

Alternatives to split
lxSplitSimple tool for splitting files and joining the split files
csplitbSplit binary files based on content boundaries rather than index boundaries
csplitSplit a file into two or more smaller files determined by context lines
filesplitterA Python tool for splitting files
xtmsplitXtremsplit-compliant file splitter and merger
Have we missed any open source alternatives to split? Please let us know!
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George
George
10 months ago
Have we missed any open source alternatives to split? Please let us know!" Read more »

Maybe python-filesplitter?

Luke Baker
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10 months ago
Reply to  George

I’ve added a page for filesplitter.

Pierre
Pierre
10 months ago
Have we missed any open source alternatives to split? Please let us know!" Read more »

There’s also xtmsplit, a Xtremsplit-compliant file splitter/merger