Unix split command
Created 1gb file for testing
dd if=/dev/urandom of=anuj.trc bs=64M count=16 iflag=fullblock
16+0 records in
16+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 65.8006 s, 16.3 MB/s
[oracle@rac01:~] $ls -ltr anuj.trc
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 1073741824 Aug 1 04:46 anuj.trc
[oracle@ibrac01:~] $ls -lhtr anuj.trc
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 1.0G Aug 1 04:46 anuj.trc
Split the file 400m chunks
[oracle@rac01:~] $
tar cz anuj.trc | split -b 400m - anuj.trc_split
rac01:~] $ls -ltrh anuj*
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 1.0G Aug 1 04:46 anuj.trc
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 400M Aug 1 04:49 anuj.trc_splitaa
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 400M Aug 1 04:49 anuj.trc_splitab
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 225M Aug 1 04:50 anuj.trc_splitac
delete the old file to test !!!
rm anuj.trc
To Join
cat anuj.trc_split* | tar xz
ls -ltrh anuj*
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 1.0G Aug 1 04:46 anuj.trc <<<<<----Now file is back
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 400M Aug 1 04:49 anuj.trc_splitaa
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 400M Aug 1 04:49 anuj.trc_splitab
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 225M Aug 1 04:50 anuj.trc_splitac
