File too large. FAT32 formatted external flashdrive.

I am moving a file that is 4.49 GB to a flashdrive formatted as FAT32. How do I do this without getting the Error: File too large. I've tried the split and cat commands but I got the error during cat. I do not want to format the drive, and I have done this before. Is there a terminal command I can do to bypass this?


This is one of my attempts.

$ split -b 1000m path/to/filename filename
$ cat filenameaa filenameab filenameac filenamead filenameae > filename
cat: stdout: File too large

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 17, 2020 9:26 AM

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