Re: [PATCH] Specify output directory for split(1)

[Jim Meyering]

Bram Schoenmakers <address@hidden> wrote:
> The attached patch adds -t or --target-directory support for split, specifying
> in which directory the split files should go into.
>
> The usecase for this when receiving a big file over a network, but you don't
> have diskspace for the file itself and its splitted version. Now, you can do
> things like this:
>
> cat some_big_file | ssh address@hidden split -t /home/bram/tmp/

Thanks for the suggestion and patch,
but you can already do that portably:

  cat some_big_file | ssh address@hidden 'sh -c "cd /home/bram/tmp; split"'