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diff --git a/cmd/split-file/split-file-options.go b/cmd/split-file/split-file-options.go
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+/*
+ * Mini Object Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/split"
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/strbyteconv"
+)
+
+var Options = []cli.Command{
+	Split,
+	Merge,
+}
+
+var Split = cli.Command{
+	Name:        "split",
+	Usage:       "Describes how large each split should be",
+	Description: "",
+	Action:      doFileSplit,
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "size,s",
+			Value: "2M",
+			Usage: "",
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+var Merge = cli.Command{
+	Name:        "merge",
+	Usage:       "Describes how large each split should be",
+	Description: "",
+	Action:      doFileMerge,
+}
+
+func doFileSplit(c *cli.Context) {
+	chunkSize, err := strbyteconv.StringToBytes(c.String("size"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = split.SplitFileWithPrefix(c.Args().Get(0), chunkSize, c.Args().Get(1))
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO cleanup?
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func doFileMerge(c *cli.Context) {
+	prefix := c.Args().Get(0)
+	output := c.Args().Get(1)
+	prefix = path.Clean(prefix)
+	log.Println(path.Dir(prefix), path.Base(prefix))
+	reader := split.JoinFiles(path.Dir(prefix), path.Base(prefix))
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(output, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	io.Copy(file, reader)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/split-file/split-file.go b/cmd/split-file/split-file.go
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+/*
+ * Mini Object Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+	app.Name = "split-file"
+	app.Usage = ""
+	app.Commands = Options
+	app.Author = "Minio"
+	app.Run(os.Args)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/split-file/split-file.md b/cmd/split-file/split-file.md
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+
+% MINIO(1) Minio Manual
+% Minio community
+% January 2015
+# NAME
+split-file - 
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+# EXAMPLES
+
+# AUTHORS