Conclusion Mastering the split command in Linux opens up a range of possibilities for effectively handling large files. Whether you need to split files based on the number of lines or the file size, ...

On Linux, any file or directory that begins with a dot (.) is by default hidden. These often hold configuration settings. To view them, I use: ls -la This shows all the hidden files in a directory.

For example, to name all the pieces of your original file bigfile.xaa, bigfile.xab and so on, you would add your prefix to the end of your split command like so: $ split –-verbose bigfile bigfile.

I've already listed what I believe are the 5 Linux commands every user should learn, all of which are also related to file and folder management. The list, however, doesn't end there.