On Monday 30 of December 2013 11:10:45 you wrote: 
> both behavior and code indicate that split(1)'s  `-e' (split by regular
> expression) doesn't play along with either `-n' (line count) or `-f' (output
> file prefix). the former is somewhat understandable, but the later is
> strange in lieu of `-s' (output file suffix) working just fine.
> 
> that by accident or is there some rationale?


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dexen deVries

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