Splitting large file into multiple files?

stedwickstedwick
Posted:
in Mac Software edited January 2014
I have a 4 gb file I want to split into 1 gb files so it will fit on my USB drive so I can move it to my Windows machine. How would I do this?



Thanks!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    thepianoguythepianoguy Posts: 35member
    You might try MacHacha

    http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11052
  • Reply 2 of 5
    stephendstephend Posts: 29member
    If you're not afraid of the command-line, you can use "split", for example:



    split -b 1024m thebigfile



    And then on the Windows side use this to put them back together again:



    type file1 file2 file3 > thebigfile



    HTH,

    --> Stephen
  • Reply 3 of 5
    stedwickstedwick Posts: 78member
    MacHacha seems to be working. thanks guys =)
  • Reply 4 of 5
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    If you use the unix command to slit the files, how do you do it to recombine on a mac?
  • Reply 5 of 5
    stephendstephend Posts: 29member
    Almost the same as in Windows:



    cat file1 file2 file3 > bigfile



    HTH,

    --> Stephen
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