split

The split command will create multiple output files from a single input file. The command takes an input file name and an output filename (used as a template) or output directory specification.

$ pdal split <input> <output>

--input [-i] arg   Non-positional option for specifying input file name
--output [-o] arg  Non-positional option for specifying output file/directory name
--length arg       Edge length for splitter cells.  See :ref:`filters.splitter`.
--capacity arg     Point capacity for chipper cells.  See :ref:`filters.chipper`.

If neither the --length nor --capacity arguments are specified, an implcit argument of capacity with a value of 100000 is added.

The output argument is a template. If the output argument is, for example, file.ext, the output files created are file_#.ext where # is a number starting at one and incrementing for each file created.

If the output argument ends in a path separator, it is assumed to be a directory and the input argument is appended to create the output template. The split command never creates directories. Directories must pre-exist.

Example 1:

$ pdal split --capacity 100000 infile.laz outfile.bpf

This command takes the points from the input file infile.laz and creates output files outfile_1.bpf, outfile_2.bpf, ... where each output file contains no more than 100000 points.