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  • Can you expand your answer to describe how to do that? Thanks. Commented Jun 11, 2015 at 18:30
  • just updated my reply with example. Commented Jun 11, 2015 at 18:49
  • The 1G is an arbitrary size, after which it starts a new file? Commented Jun 11, 2015 at 19:17
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    This isn't a particualrly good solution to the problem because it means you can end up with half a message in one file and half in the next. There's also the risk of data loss if the machine crashes while split has data in what could be a large buffer. Given that there are multiple tools that solve this problem properly, I don't think this kind of roll-your-own solution can be at all recommended. Commented Jun 11, 2015 at 19:28
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    @David Richerby- how about adding -u for unbuffered? Commented Dec 15, 2015 at 20:55