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	Index: head/usr.bin/split/split.1
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	--- head/usr.bin/split/split.1
	+++ head/usr.bin/split/split.1
	@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@
	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 @@
	.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