Split a file or an archive in chunks

Requirements

• Linux OR
• WSL

Steps

1. Have a directory with your file. In our case file.7z

folder/
  file.7z

2. In terminal

split -b 2000M file.7z file_

This will create 2GB files named file_aa, file_bb and so on

3. To build back your file.7z in your folder with your pieces like this

ls folder

folder/
  file_aa
  file_ab

just type

cat file_* > file.7z

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