zipsplit
Split ZIP archive into smaller parts
TLDR
Split archive
$ zipsplit [path/to/archive.zip]
Split with size limit$ zipsplit -n [size] [path/to/archive.zip]
Pause between parts$ zipsplit -p -n [size] [path/to/archive.zip]
Output to directory$ zipsplit -b [path/to/output_directory] -n [size] [path/to/archive.zip]
SYNOPSIS
zipsplit [OPTIONS] ZIPFILE
DESCRIPTION
zipsplit splits a ZIP archive into smaller ZIP archives. The default size limit is 36000 bytes if not specified with -n.Output files are named with numeric suffixes based on the original filename.
PARAMETERS
-n SIZE
Maximum bytes per split archive-p
Pause between creating each part-b PATH
Output directory for split archives-t
Report how many files would be created without actually creating them-r ROOM
Leave room for extra bytes on the first disk (default: 0)-s
Do a sequential split even if it takes more zip files-i
Create an index file (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against the first zip file-h
Show a short help message-v
Show version information-L
Show software license
INSTALL
sudo apt install zip
sudo dnf install zip
sudo pacman -S zip
sudo apk add zip
sudo zypper install zip
brew install zip
nix profile install nixpkgs#zip
CAVEATS
Individual files that exceed the size limit cannot be split across archives. All parts are needed to extract the complete archive contents.
