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This script will be useful if you require to split a huge file based on number of lines or records. Normal file splitters available in the market split the file based on the size (byte, KB, MB) which cannot be used to split based on number of lines or records.

Steps to use the script:

1. Save the below script as lsplit.ksh

   propDIR=./
   propFile=$propDIR/SSNRange.txt.prop
   inpFile=$1
   date
   startLineNo=1
   count=1
   while read line
   do
   startLineNo=`echo $line | cut -f1 -d,`
   endLineNo=`echo $line | cut -f2 -d,`
   if [ "$endLineNo" != "" -a "$startLineNo" != "" ]; then
   echo "Cut here from $startLineNo to $endLineNo"
   sed -n "$startLineNo","$endLineNo"p $inpFile > $inpFile.split.$count
   count=`expr $count + 1`
   fi
   done < $propFile
   date

2. Create a properties file SSNRange.txt.prop which would contain the range of records or lines. Example of properties file is as follows
   

   1,400
   401,1504
   1505, 7000

3. Run the script

   $ lsplit.ksh infile.txt

4. Three output files will be created
   • infile.txt.split.1 –> Creates a file with first 400 lines
   • infile.txt.split.2 –> Creates a file with lines starting from 401 to 1504
   • infile.txt.split.3 –> Creates a file with lines starting from 1505 to 7000

Advantages of this script:

• File is split based on line numbers are records.
• No manual editing is required the correct the first and last records
• Easy to handle it in batch

Courtesy: Santhosh Fabian