File Splitter

The more content inside a file the larger it is, and it even applies to text, even though characters take up only a small amount of disk space. However, you might need to split content of text files for different activities, case in which File Splitter comes as a straightforward command line tool you can even integrate in your own applications.

First of all, you might want to know that the application isn’t bundled inside an installer, so it’s good to go from the moment download is done. The package contains all necessary files to use it as a stand-alone program, as well as the source code to use if you want to create a Java program with file splitting capabilities. Another thing you need to know is that Java Runtime Environment needs to be on your computer.

Needless to say that the corresponding library enables your new application to split files. When it comes to the command-line functionality, however, things can get a little complicated, or at least at first. This is because you don’t actually encounter any dialogs to guide you through the operation, and some changes need to be made to the target file.

In other words, splitting is done by having the target file analyzed for particular triggers which dictate where to start splitting and when to end. These triggers need to be manually written inside the file of interest. You start with the <split file.extension> trigger, and end with </split>, where file.extension is the new file containing the extracted string.

Multiple triggers can be used inside a single target file, each pair delivering the extracted content in a new file. It’s also possible to split entire folders. Note, however, that the application is designed to split text and HTML files, and not any type of content. The trigger strings are removed when processing, and the original file is left without the extracted strings.

All things considered, we can state that File Splitter can feel a little rough around the edges overall, but it manages to get the job done quite well overall. It can either be integrated into new programs, or used as a command-line tool to extract large portions of text from a file.