Batch file to split .csv file

Question

I have a very large .csv file (>500mb) and I wish to break this up into into smaller .csv files in command prompt. (Basically trying to find a linux \"split\" function in Wi

Answer 1

This will give you lines 1 to 20000 in newfile1.csv
and lines 20001 to the end in file newfile2.csv

It overcomes the 8K character limit per line too.

This uses a helper batch file called findrepl.bat from - https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfdldmcb6vwi9xc/findrepl.bat

Place findrepl.bat in the same folder as the batch file or on the path.

It's more robust than a plain batch file, and quicker too.

findrepl /o:1:20000 newfile1.csv
findrepl /o:20001   newfile2.csv