Re: csplit patch to emulate --numeric-suffixes in split

[Pádraig Brady]

On 17/08/2020 10:16, Roberto Reale wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wrote a small patch in order for csplit(1) to start generating
> output files at the given offset instead of counting from 0.
>
> E.g.,
>
>      csplit -o 1 -sz -n 2 ...
>
> will generate files
>
>      xx01
>      xx02
>      ...
>
> Thank you for your time and attention,
> Roberto Reale

I agree that this is useful enough to add.
Could you look at creating a test?
I'm thinking that --suffix-offset may be more descriptive.
I immediately start thinking of file offsets when splitting.
It's probably best just to have the --long-option,
and don't have an equivalent short option.

thanks!
Pádraig