Talk:split (Unix)

"output is derived from standard input." Eh? 13:55, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Does the snippet

not refer to , in which case it should be

I won't change this since I may have overlooked something. -- () 18:54, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

This brings the same result for me:

so you can safely assume both are correct

The curly brackets are expanded into the strings they represent. The square brackets only expand into the existing files that match the given pattern.

The square bracket syntax definitely works, removing 'factually disputed'. () 22:14, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

File spanning () could be mentioned.

Sadly split 8.21 doesn't work with a directory as an input. It will say "split: [folder name]: Is a directory" -- () 22:07, 13 August 2020 (UTC)