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 > Split a file into pieces
 
-- Split a file with 10 lines in each split (except last split)
+- Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split)
 
 `split -l 10 {{filename}}`
 
-- Split a file into 5 files. All the splits have same size (not necessarily same number of lines)
+- Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split)
 
 `split -n 5 {{filename}}`
 
-- Split a file with 512 bytes of lines in each split (most useful)
+- Split a file with atmost 512 bytes of lines in each split.
 
 `split -C 512 {{filename}}`