>I have a text file that can be anywhere from 40,000 lines to 120,000
>Lines, 
>
>I want it to split the file so that no file is larger then 20,000 lines
>
>1) run a line count 
>2) split the file into pieces 

Hello,

Unix/Linux has a "split" shell command which is very suitable for your purpose.
running "man split" for a preview.

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