Re: split(1): add '-c' to continue creating files

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 04:05:20PM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> The attached diff adds a flag "-c" (mnemonic "create,
> don't overwrite" or "continue where you left off"):
> 
> $ split file; ls
> xaa xab xac xad
> $ split -c second-file; ls
> xaa xab xac xad xae xaf xag xah xai xaj

I think this is a dangerous and non-obvious user interface, especially
when we hit collisions later or data changes and we are re-doing the split.

How about instead adding an option that sets the first name explicitly
and keeps the "abort on failure" behaviour?

Besides, isn't your intended behaviour easily done with:

 $ cat file second-file | split

?

Martin