install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install lxsplit

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Ubuntu aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install lxsplit

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · lxsplit · source: archive.ubuntu.com

overview

Package summary

Tool for splitting or joining files

Project links

Commands and aliases

lxsplit

history

Project history and usage

lxSplit is a small Unix-like command-line tool for splitting files into pieces and joining them back together. Its distinguishing feature is compatibility with HJSplit-style split files.

Project history

The official lxSplit homepage says the tool was originally written by Richard Stellingwerff and later maintained at its SourceForge home. The page was last updated on 17 October 2008 and lists 0.2.4 as the latest version.

The project belongs to the late-2000s SourceForge era of compact single-purpose Unix utilities: a simple homepage, downloadable source tarball, RPMs and a Debian package, forums and trackers for support, and a CVS repository exposed by SourceForge.

Adoption history

Official distribution artifacts included source, source RPM, i386 and x86_64 RPMs, and an i386 Debian package. In this batch metadata it is still packaged for Homebrew and Ubuntu, which is consistent with a small stable utility whose format compatibility remains useful despite slow upstream activity.

How it is used

The documented interface is deliberately minimal: `lxsplit -s hugefile.bin 15M` creates numbered chunks, while `lxsplit -j smallfiles.bin.001` joins pieces back into the original file. Sizes can be given in megabytes, kilobytes, or bytes, and version 0.2.1 added support for files of 4 GB or larger.

Why package nerds care

lxSplit is package-nerd interesting because it is the sort of tiny, format-compatible Unix tool that persists in package collections long after active upstream churn stops. It is a simple C-era utility with no config surface, no daemon model, and a stable command-line contract.

Timeline

2008: Official homepage lists 0.2.4 as latest and notes the page was last updated on 17 October 2008.
2008: SourceForge project page and CVS repository are the official upstream project surfaces.

Related projects

HJSplit is the compatible split-file utility referenced by the lxSplit homepage.

Sources

https://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/
https://sourceforge.net/p/lxsplit/code/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxsplit/
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`lxsplit`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.2.4

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:lxsplit
Version	0.2.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lxsplit
Homepage	https://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/
Repository	http://lxsplit.cvs.sourceforge.net/lxsplit
Upstream docs	https://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lxsplit/lxsplit/0.2.4/lxsplit-0.2.4.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	lxsplit
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Ubuntu apt95%

lxsplit 0.2.4-0ubuntu3

This program is a simple tool for splitting and joining files

http://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/

sudo apt install lxsplit

Section: universe/utils
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Lxsplit

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lxsplit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/lxsplit.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install lxsplit with Homebrew, apt