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



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

>>  $ cat file second-file | split

> That only works if I have both files available at the time I run the
> split command.

It also will (unless the first file is a multiple of the split size)
take the last part of file and the first part of second-file and put
them in the same split file.  It also imposes the same split size on
both input files.

In contrast, the proposed behaviour never puts pieces from different
input files in the same output file and permits different fragment
sizes for different input files.

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