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#wat?

tar -c -M -L 262144 --file=archive.{tar,tar-{1..100}} [files to be archived]

Tar [files to be archived] in multiple 262144Kb tar files named archive.tar.x.

tar -xMv --file=archive.{tar,tar-{1..100}} [files to be extracted]

Extract [files to be extracted] from multi volume archive.

Resources:

• Use tar to quickly create segmented files
• How to create tar archive split into, or spanning, multiple files?