Splitter 1.4 build: 9639 released: 2014-05-17 compiled with: Java 1.8.0_131 Jet jet12.0-pro-x86/1.8.0_131

Split text/html files into smaller files.

Copyright: (c) 2004-2017 Canadian Mind Products.

Java application.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#SPLITTER

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Notes:

You must install the Java JRE to use this program.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss/jre.html

This program can only be used from the command prompt, (or via an command
line style icon shortcut) e.g. under Windows command.exe or JPSoft
tcmd.exe, formerly called the DOS box. Just clicking the programs in a
directory listing will not do anything useful. Just typing the program
names at the command prompt will not either.

This program requires a manual install! See below.

This program works with vanilla text files, (e.g. ASCII files or UTF-8
Unicode files). You will need a text editor to create and view them, not a word
processor. e.g. notepad, Visual Slick Edit or other suitable text editor
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/editor.html. You must use a monospaced font
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/monospacedfonts.html (aka fixed pitch, aka
programmer font) to view your files, or they won't look properly aligned.

I put out an avalanche of free software into the world, and submit PAD
files to hundreds of distribution sites, but I rarely hear back from
anyone.  What's happening?  Does it all just work fine?  It is so
complicated nobody can figure out how to use it and they give up on it?
It is it useful?  Since everyone has the source, do people just fix the
programs to their liking themselves?  Did you have trouble installing?  Do
I presume you know too much?  I would be happy to hear from you about your
experiences, positive or negative and your requests for improvements.  A
one-line email to roedy@mindprod.com would be great.

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labelled non-military use only.
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
All Java jars and source code are included. If you need the class files or Javadoc, you will have to build them yourself. To streamline the zip downloads, class files and Javadoc have been removed.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS that supports Java,
(e.g.W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W2008/W7-32/W7-64/W8-32/W8-64/Linux/LinuxARM/LinuxX86
/LinuxX64/Ubuntu/Solaris/SolarisSPARC/SolarisSPARC64/SolarisX86/SolarisX64/OSX/AIX...)
so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.8 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as an application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the <span class="click">use folder names</span> option.
To run as an application, type:
java.exe %JAVA_OPTIONS -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\splitter\splitter.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as an application.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.
To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java.exe -ea -jar com/mindprod/splitter/splitter.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

Split large text/html files into smaller files. I find it
much faster and more accurate than cut and paste.
You embed commands in the big file telling it which pieces
of it are to go where, then let Splitter do the work. It is
much faster and more accurate than trying to select huge
blocks of text in an editor. You don't accidentally lose or
duplicate text.  Keeping files small makes the site more
responsive.
You embed multiple <split tags in the file to be split of
the form:
<split charlie.html>
...
stuff that will end up in the charlie.html file.
...
</split>
The text between the <split xxx> and </split> tags is split
off into that named file and the text is removed from the
original file along with the tags. The tags are
case-insensitive, so you can use upper or lower case.
1. Filenames may be absolute or relative, with no quotes or spaces.
2. Tags may be nested, but they must balance (equal number
of <split xxx> and </split>).
3. Tags are case-insensitive, i.e. may be lower or upper case.
4. Multiple <split xxx> tags may be directed to the same
file, where they will be appended.
5. If the files mentioned in the split tags already exist,
they will be overwritten. If you don't like this, split to temporary
files and then merge them into the existing files as you see fit.
(At some point I will invent a switch to control this behaviour).
6. Anything not inside <split xxx>...</split> is retained in
the original file. Everything else is removed.
7. To discard text, use <split temp.txt>...</split> then
when you are done discard the generated temp.txt file.
8. text not inside <split>... </split> will be left as is
in the orginal file.  All else will removed.
The file being split must be small enough to fit in RAM.
Java array addressing limits the file to 2GB, though other
considerations mean in practice the largest file you can
handle will be smaller still.
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
http://www.winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the "user
folder names" option. To run as an application, type:
java.exe -jar E:\com\mindprod\splitter\splitter.jar  x.html
adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.
where x.html is the file to be split containing the embedded
split commands.
You may process files not encoded with the default encoding by adding
the encoding to the end of the command line, e.g.
java.exe -jar E:\com\mindprod\splitter\splitter.jar -charset=UTF-8 x.html
You may also put multiple files on the command line, also dirs.  The -s
switch causes all subsequent subdirs to be processed too.  However,
wildcards are not yet supported.
For details on possible encodings and how to tell which
encoding a file is using, see
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/encoding.html
Why the axe icon? It symbolises splitting a file up into
smaller pieces.


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Version History:

 1.1 2006-03-05 reformat with IntelliJ, add Javadoc

 1.2 2007-05-22 add PAD and icon. Tidy with IntelliJ inspector.

 1.3 2008-03-21 allow user to specify the encoding.

 1.4 2014-05-17 allow multiple files and dirs on comand line

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