Splitting a large file of MARC records into smaller files

Hello-

I am working with files of MARC records that are over a million records each. I'd like to split them down into smaller chunks, preferably using a command line. MARCedit works, but is slow and made for the desktop. I've looked around and haven't found anything truly useful- Endeavor's MARCsplit comes close but doesn't separate files into even numbers, only by matching criteria, so there could be lots of record duplication between files.

Any idea where to begin? I am a (super) novice Perl person.

Thank you!

~Jenn Nolte


Jenn Nolte
Applications Manager / Database Analyst
Production Systems Team
Information Technology Office
Yale University Library
130 Wall St.
New Haven CT 06520
203 432 4878