To split a big binary file in multiple files, you should first read the file by the size of chunk you want to create, then write that chunk to a file, read the next chunk and repeat until you reach the end of original file.
Example
For example, you have a file called my_song.mp3 and want to split it in files of size 500 bytes each.
CHUNK_SIZE = 500 file_number = 1 with open('my_song.mp3') as f: chunk = f.read(CHUNK_SIZE) while chunk: with open('my_song_part_' + str(file_number)) as chunk_file: chunk_file.write(chunk) file_number += 1 chunk = f.read(CHUNK_SIZE)
In your current directory, now you'll find chunks of your original file scattered across multiple files with prefix as: my_song_part_