Hi All,

I have a rather large .mov file which I want to split into two separate files.
What options are available to me?
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Regards,
Mick

I assume you want each piece of this file to be play-able? If you don't
care about that, just use split to chop them up into your desired size
and then use cat to reassemble them at the destination.

*$ split –bytes=1m /path/to/large/file /path/to/output/file/prefix*

'man split' will also contain this information.

-Hal

Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a rather large .mov file which I want to split into two separate files.
> What options are available to me?
>

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On Saturday 26 April 2008, Hal Martin wrote:
> I assume you want each piece of this file to be play-able? If you don't
> care about that, just use split to chop them up into your desired size
> and then use cat to reassemble them at the destination.
>
> *$ split –bytes=1m /path/to/large/file /path/to/output/file/prefix*
>
> 'man split' will also contain this information.

Thanks! I didn't know about split.

I am afraid that the split files have to be playable. I intend to upload them
on a server for a MSWindows user to download and play. It has to be point &
click skill level at the receiving end.
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Regards,
Mick