MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

csplit(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities csplit(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 Successful completion.

1 Failure due to any of the following:

— because csplit was unable to open the input or output ﬁles

— a write error on the output ﬁle.

2 Failure due to any of the following:

— unknown command line option

— the preﬁx name was missing after –f

— the number of digits was missing after –n

— the input ﬁle was not speciﬁed

—noarg values were speciﬁed

— the command ran out of memory

—anarg was invalid

— the command found end-of-ﬁle prematurely

— a regular expression in an arg was badly formed

— a line offset/number in an arg was badly formed

—a{number} repetition count was misplaced or badly formed

— too many ﬁle names were generated when using –n

— generated ﬁle names would be too long.

Messages

Message: Badly formed line number "linenumber"

Cause: You speciﬁed a linenumber that was not a valid integer.

Action: Specify a valid integer for linenumber.

Message: Badly formed line offset in "offset"

Cause: You speciﬁed an offset that was not a valid integer.

Action: Specify a valid integer for offset.

Message: Badly formed regular expression regexp

Cause: You speciﬁed the regular expression regexp, but it did not contain a closing / or

Action: Provide the missing / or %.

Message: Badly formed {repeat} count "number"

Cause: You speciﬁed a {number} that was not a valid integer.

Action: Specify a valid integer for number.

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