From 290221b0ead9d3a54f65f7fa56e9fc12815d42bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: q <q@six9.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:21:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] update splitter for stdin

---
 files/split-q | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/files/split-q b/files/split-q
index 936aed7..40f0ff5 100755
--- a/files/split-q
+++ b/files/split-q
@@ -6,30 +6,46 @@ _help() {
   echo ""
   echo "My default switches for split utility"
   echo "$CMD -b 500M FILE FILE."
+  echo "if you want to split using stdin, use --stdin pattern"
 }
 _helpexit() {
   _help
   exit
 }
 
-for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do 
+for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
   [[ ${!i} = "-h" ]] && _helpexit
   [[ ${!i} = "--help" ]] && _helpexit
 done
 
 args=( )
-for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do 
+for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
+  j=$(( i + 1 ))
   test -f "${!i}" && {
     file="${!i}"
     # file found, remove from arguments
     set -- "${@:1:i-1}" "${@:i+1}"
   }
   [[ "${!i}" = "-b" ]] && SIZE_SET=1
+  [[ "${!i}" = "--stdin" ]] && {
+        PATTERN="${!j}";
+        set -- "${@:1:i-1}" "${@:i+2}"
+        i=$(( i + 1 ));
+        if [ -z "$PATTERN" ]; then echo must give pattern; exit 1; fi;
+
+   }
 done
 
 [[ "$SIZE_SET" -eq 1 ]] || {
   size="-b 500M"
 }
-test -f "$file" || { echo "No such file"; exit 1; }
-set -x
-pv "$file" | $CMD $size "$@" - "$file".
+
+if [[ -n "$PATTERN" ]]; then
+    set -x
+    cat - | pv | $CMD $size "$@" - "$PATTERN".
+    exit
+else
+    test -f "$file" || { echo "No such file"; exit 1; }
+    set -x
+    pv "$file" | $CMD $size "$@" - "$file".
+fi