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Asked: 2010-11-09 13:12:47 +0800 CST

Split a large file into smaller files and then integrate them to get the original file [duplicate]

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How do I split a 7GB (movie) file into smaller files of (say) 1GB, and then (in another Ubuntu computer) integrate them to get the original file (using just bash commands)?

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  1. Best Answer

    To split: 

    split -b 1G -d bigfile bigfile-part

    To join: 

    cat bigfile-part* > bigfile
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  2. To split the file into 1024MBs, using a terminal:

    split --bytes=1024m original_filename /destination/path/prefix

    To get the original file:

    cat /source/path/prefix* > original_filename
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