FWIW:  Here's a shell script (notice the date 1988) that I've used 
to split files in half. 

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# @(#) spl - v1.0 - 02/24/88 - Splits a file in half.
# Usage: spl filename

file=$1
set `wc $1`
half=`expr $1 \/ 2 + 1`
split -$half $file $file

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On Friday 29 July 2005 11:01, you wrote:
> I need to cut a users mail spool file down that now is 2.0G and mail box
> isn't working.
>
> I backed up her mail spool and emptied it out and now need a way to
> edit/cut it down - emacs won't open it because it exhausts the buffer.
>
> What's a simple command to say split the thing in half?

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