Making multiple output file from a single data set 2

[hill007]

I have a large dataset, I want to make multiple output file after reading every 4th row. For example after reading four (4) rows will have one dataset, such as 1st.out, 2nd.out, 3rd.out, etc.
Is there any single script which will do this. I can run awk multiple times to create each output dataset, however, this seems to be tedious.

Attached is an example dataset:
0.000116666 0.000116666 0.000116666 0.000125 0.000133333 0.000149999 0.000324999 0.000649997 0.000624998 0.000491665
0.000274999 0.000149999 0.000149999 0.000158333 0.000158333 0.000208333 0.000358332 0.000366665 0.000374998 0.000383332
0.000383332 0.000399998 0.000399998 0.000383332 0.000191666 0.000191666 0.000166666 0.000141666 0.000141666 0.000141666
0.000141666 0.000141666 0.000183333 0.000224999 0.000224999 0.000158333 0.000158333 0.000174999 0.000241666 0.000241666
0.000241666 0.000241666 0.000233332 0.000233332 0.000233332 0.000224999 0.000224999 0.000224999 0.000791664 0.00095833
0.000941663 0.000358332 0.000166666 0.000158333 0.000133333 0.000133333 0.000149999 0.000166666 0.000324999 0.000408332
0.000391665 0.000366665 0.000349999 0.000341665 0.000324999 0.000316665 0.000316665 0.000308332 0.000291666 0.000283332
0.000333332 0.000433332 0.000449998 0.000416665 0.000299999 0.000208333 0.000158333 0.000166666 0.000108333 3.33332e-005

Thanks.

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
awk 'BEGIN{out="1.out";i=1}
{print>out}
(NR%4)==0{close(out);++i;out=i".out"}
' /path/to/inputfile

Hope This Help, PH.
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[futurelet]

BEGIN { makename() }
# Print only non-blank lines.
$1 {print >out}
NR%4==0 { close(out); makename() }
function makename()
{ out=sprintf( "data%06d.out", ++filecount)
}