Splitting a txt file?

Pigman II

I have a large txt file 'c:\dir1\BIGFILE.txt' the contents of which are:

contents of file c:\dir1\BIGFILE.txtp wrote:

split1.txt line1 blah blah blah
split2.txt line2 blah blah blah
split3.txt line3 blah blah blah
..
..
split1000.txt line1000 blah blah blah

Is there any way I can automatically break this file up into 1000 single files (of one line each) and get the comp to automatically name these new files according to the split(N).txt info I have included within BIGFILE.txt? ie the desired outcome would be ....

contents of file 'c:\dir1\split1.txt wrote:

line1 blah blah blah

+

contents of file 'c:\dir1\split2.txt wrote:

line2 blah blah blah

+

contents of file 'c:\dir1\split3.txt wrote:

line3 blah blah blah

..
+
..

contents of file 'c:\dir1\split1000.txt wrote:

line1000 blah blah blah

Any help or info gratefully recieved.

Tenshot

Download and install copy of ActivePerl for Windows here.

Then create a file called convert.pl with the following:

while (<>)
{
	m/\s*([^\s]*)\s*(.*)/;
	if (open FOUT, ">$1")
	{
		print FOUT "$2\n";
		close FOUT;
	}
	else
	{
		print "Warning: can't create output file $1\n";
	}
}

Finally, to run it, type at a command prompt:

perl convert.pl <yourfile.txt

and it will convert it into 1000 smaller files the way you described.

Zaph0d

...or else just type this at a command prompt...

FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" %G IN (BIGFILE.txt) DO @echo %H %I>%G

Pigman II

Thanks for those suggestions everyone