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/ partition.sh
Created
May 11, 2016 05:11
Partitions a file into X different parts to reduce the file size. Partitions can be concatenated back together by placing them in the same directory and running cat * > originalFile.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| file="$1" | |
| num=$2 | |
| size="$(wc -c < $file | tr -d '[[:space:]]')" | |
| count="$(expr $size / $num)" | |
| count="$(expr $count + 1)" | |
| for k in $(seq 1 $num); do | |
| i="$(expr $k - 1)" | |
| n="$(expr $i \* $count)" | |
| name="$(echo $file)_file_part_$k" |