--- coreutils-gotchas.html 2017-02-21 22:46:29.000000000 -0500
+++ coreutils-gotchas-split.html 2017-02-21 22:58:23.000000000 -0500
@@ -860,6 +860,56 @@
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+split
+split has a feature to widen the letters in
+the output file names if more files are needed beyond the default of
+two letters. The widening scheme ensures file names are sorted correctly.
+For example:
+
+
+$ seq 1000 | split -l 1 - foo_
+$ ls foo_*
+...
+foo_yy
+foo_yz
+foo_zaaa
+foo_zaab
+...
+
+
+split behaves the same with
+--numeric-suffixes/-d option, which could
+lead to unexpected numeric sequences:
+
+
+$ seq 1000 | split -l 10 -d - bar_
+$ ls bar_*
+...
+bar_88
+bar_89
+bar_9000
+bar_9001
+...
+
+
+The recommended solution is to use the
+-a/--suffix-length parameter:
+
+$ seq 1000 | split -a5 -l 10 -d - baz_
+$ ls baz_*
+bar_00000
+bar_00001
+...
+bar_00098
+bar_00099
+
+
+See relevant reports in bugs
+#20874 and
+#25832.
+
+
+
Unit representations
The df, du, ls
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