fsplit For Linux

fsplit is a command-line software to split large files into small pieces. You can define the size of the pieces to make them fit on a particular data carrier. On the target machine, you can put the pieces together and you get the original file.

−s size File size of output files. size defines the size of the output files in bytes and should not be greater than the size of the original file. < filename > This is the name of the input file. fsplit add a number to it, to make the order of the file pieces visible and saves the output pieces under the same file name plus the ordering number.

fsplit -s 1400 testfile

This reads the file testfile and splits it in pieces of files with a size of 1400 bytes.