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How to Split a Large File into Fixed-Size Parts in Python

Splits any binary or text file into multiple part files of a fixed byte size using Python's standard library.

file-splitting binary chunking
Python
import os
import math

def split_file(filepath, chunk_size_bytes):
    """Split a file into parts of fixed size (bytes). Creates part files in same directory."""
    filepath = os.path.abspath(filepath)
    basename = os.path.basename(filepath)
    file_size = os.path.getsize(filepath)
    num_parts = math.ceil(file_s…
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Split CSV Files into Smaller Chunks in Python

Splits a large CSV file into multiple smaller chunk files, preserving the header row in each chunk.

csv file-splitting batch-processing
Python
import csv
import os

def split_csv(input_file, chunk_size=1000, output_prefix="chunk"):
    """Split a large CSV file into smaller chunks."""
    with open(input_file, 'r', newline='') as infile:
        reader = csv.reader(infile)
        header = next(reader)
        
        file_count = 1
        row_count = 0
  …
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