Linux "split" Utility

[Marvin Hile]

split -b 266748928 BIGfile

where BIGfile is 5333497856 bytes

reports that 266748928 is an invalid number of bytes.

However,

split -b 1333374464 BIGfile

works just fine.

split --version

yields 4.5.3.

It seems apparent that your split utility is attempting
to use a four-byte signed integer to hold the number
of bytes. However, the file system handles files that
are much larger, and I would like to be able to split
them without resorting to multiple splits with sizes
small enough to fit in a four-byte signed integer.