This article spotlights alternative tools to split.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to split | |
|---|---|
| lxSplit | Simple tool for splitting files and joining the split files |
| csplitb | Split binary files based on content boundaries rather than index boundaries |
| csplit | Split a file into two or more smaller files determined by context lines |
| filesplitter | A Python tool for splitting files |
| xtmsplit | Xtremsplit-compliant file splitter and merger |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to split? Please let us know!
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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Maybe python-filesplitter?
I’ve added a page for filesplitter.
Image added to the page.
There’s also xtmsplit, a Xtremsplit-compliant file splitter/merger
Thanks Pierre. I’ve added this to the article. I’ve (hopefully ok) translated the flags as they are in French.