split(1): Add EXAMPLES section

Add EXAMPLES covering -d, -n and -p
Include small explanation about the size of the chunks for the -n option

Approved by:	0mp
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25198
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Fernando Apesteguía 2020-06-18 15:14:10 +00:00
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@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ lines in length.
Split file into
.Ar chunk_count
smaller files.
The first n - 1 files will be of size (size of
.Ar file
/
.Ar chunk_count
)
and the last file will contain the remaining bytes.
.It Fl p Ar pattern
The file is split whenever an input line matches
.Ar pattern ,
@ -164,6 +170,36 @@ as described in
.Xr environ 7 .
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Split input into as many files as needed, so that each file contains at most 2
lines:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ echo -e "first line\\nsecond line\\nthird line\\nforth line" | split -l2
.Ed
.Pp
Split input in chunks of 10 bytes using numeric prefixes for file names.
This generates two files of 10 bytes (x00 and x01) and a third file (x02) with the
remaining 2 bytes:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ echo -e "This is 22 bytes long" | split -d -b10
.Ed
.Pp
Split input generating 6 files:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
echo -e "This is 22 bytes long" | split -n 6
.Ed
.Pp
Split input creating a new file every time a line matches the regular expression
for a
.Dq t
followed by either
.Dq a
or
.Dq u
thus creating two files:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ echo -e "stack\\nstock\\nstuck\\nanother line" | split -p 't[au]'
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr csplit 1 ,
.Xr re_format 7