How do I rar a file into several parts in Linux?

Question

I want to make a rar file(not tar or gzip) with several parts in linux shell, how is it possible ?

for example my file is : m.avi - 500mb

I want this :

m.part1.rar 250mb
m.part2.rar 250mb

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '12 at 18:25

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Ah I misunderstood, for parting rar files you have to do the following. First make sure you have rar installed. Then use the following command:

rar a -v250000k /path/m.splitted.rar /path/m.avi

a for append, -v for the size in kilobytes. This would create /path/m.splitted.part001.rar, /path/m.splitted.part002.rar, etc.

If you want the old naming scheme (m.splitted.rar as the first file, then m.splitted.r01, m.splitted.r02, etc.) you should use -vn instead of -v. See /usr/share/doc/rar/rar.txt for more information.

answered Mar 04 '12 at 18:25

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You can write volume size as Megabyte with *M*. I mean using `rar -a -v250M ...` – SuB Oct 17 '13 at 15:16
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This worked for me `rar a -m5 -v5M -R myarchive.rar /home/` – Asif Raza Mar 29 '18 at 03:12
`rar a -v3G outout.rar movie.mkv` works great for 3GB files. – fIwJlxSzApHEZIl Apr 17 '20 at 21:17
Lol this takes ages. – Adam Sep 15 '20 at 18:14
there is a bit issue, rar name and file should be the same – Hossein Vatani Dec 04 '20 at 16:25

How do I rar a file into several parts in Linux?

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