Breaking Down a File - 450 mb 1

[nread]

I have a 450mb file which i'm unable to FTP across to a common user area on a Windows NT platform......

The question i am asking is there anyway to slice the file up into a number of smaller files so i'd be able to FTP...?

Or is there some other method....

Thanks in advance from someone who knows very little abount UNIX.....!

 

[aigles]

You can split your file in smallest files with the split command.

Example.

split -b 10m big small

This command split the file "big" in smallest files of 10 megabytes "smallaa", "smallab", ... "smallbs".

To recombine them back into the original file :

cat small?? > big
rm small??

or (to minimise space used)

rm -f big
for sf in small??
do
cat ${sf} >> big
rm ${f}
done
Jean Pierre.

 

[nread]

Thanks.... Just what i needed.