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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use MARC::Batch;
+use MARC::Record;
+use MARC::File::XML ( BinaryEncoding => 'utf-8' );
+use MARC::Field;
+use POSIX;
+
+my $split_every = $ARGV[0];
+my $count = 0;
+
+binmode(STDOUT, ':utf8');
+binmode(STDIN, ':utf8');
+
+foreach $argnum ( 1 .. $#ARGV ) {
+
+ print STDERR "Processing " . $ARGV[$argnum] . "\n";
+
+ my $batch = MARC::Batch->new('XML',$ARGV[$argnum]);
+ $batch->strict_off();
+ $batch->warnings_off();
+
+ while ( my $record = $batch->next() ) {
+
+ $count++;
+
+ my $filename = $ARGV[$argnum] . ".split." . floor( $count / $split_every ) . ".xml";
+
+ open FILE, ">>$filename";
+ binmode(FILE, ':utf8');
+ print FILE $record->as_xml();
+ close FILE;
+ }
+ print STDERR "Processed $count records.\n";
+}
+