success2be Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 What commands do I use to split and join binary files? Please show me the usage of the commands too. Thanks. The 'man' command can be confusing. I think I found 'split', but I'm not sure if 'cat' is what I use to join two binary files. I remembered using 'cat' to display text files to the screen. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 use cat to join the iso segments. cat isopart1.iso isopart2.iso > full.iso Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-336800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJMclean Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 use cat to join the iso segments. cat isopart1.iso isopart2.iso > full.iso Do u mind giving a step by step instruction? i've tried this cat "filename*" > "output file name" or cat "filenamea[a-e]" > "output filename" but it just keep saying no such file exist Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-722959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I assume you'd have to CD to the directory first so: cd /directory/where/iso/parts/are/ cat part1.iso part2.iso > both_parts_combined.iso Thats if you want to merge 2 parts of an ISO together. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-723115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJMclean Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 This was what happenned when i tried to change directory cjmclean$ cd/Documents/Movies/123/abc -bash: cd/Documets/Movies/123/abc: No such file or directory thanks for helping mate! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-723879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2k Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 a space was missing, do this: cd /Users/cjmclean/Documents/Movies/123/abc 'cat' as described above 'split -b1024m <file>' would split the file into 1024MB parts... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-724109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJMclean Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 after i hit cat "abc_a[a-b]" > "abc.iso" nuthin happens Sorry fellas, i'm such a noob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-724713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2k Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 cat part1 part2 part3 >full.iso Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-725253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJMclean Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 thank you chris its working now. =D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47021-splitting-and-joining-iso-image-into-smaller-files-for-backup-onto-fat32-drive/#findComment-726038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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