diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 01a6592e41..3300716fd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4055,6 +4055,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "log",
  "lru",
+ "memchr",
  "miette",
  "nix 0.29.0",
  "nu-derive-value",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0948360b20..c6702371b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ which = "7.0.0"
 windows = "0.56"
 windows-sys = "0.48"
 winreg = "0.52"
+memchr = "2.7.4"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
 # Warning: workspace lints affect library code as well as tests, so don't enable lints that would be too noisy in tests like that.
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/mod.rs
index 6d47bb892c..73018f3867 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mod length;
 mod remove;
 mod replace;
 mod reverse;
+mod split;
 mod starts_with;
 
 pub use add::BytesAdd;
@@ -22,4 +23,5 @@ pub use length::BytesLen;
 pub use remove::BytesRemove;
 pub use replace::BytesReplace;
 pub use reverse::BytesReverse;
+pub use split::BytesSplit;
 pub use starts_with::BytesStartsWith;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/split.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/split.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40d39e63b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/bytes/split.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct BytesSplit;
+
+impl Command for BytesSplit {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "bytes split"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("bytes split")
+            .input_output_types(vec![(Type::Binary, Type::list(Type::Binary))])
+            .required(
+                "separator",
+                SyntaxShape::OneOf(vec![SyntaxShape::Binary, SyntaxShape::String]),
+                "Bytes or string that the input will be split on (must be non-empty).",
+            )
+            .category(Category::Bytes)
+    }
+
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        "Split input into multiple items using a separator."
+    }
+
+    fn search_terms(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
+        vec!["separate", "stream"]
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                example: r#"0x[66 6F 6F 20 62 61 72 20 62 61 7A 20] | bytes split 0x[20]"#,
+                description: "Split a binary value using a binary separator",
+                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![
+                    Value::test_binary("foo"),
+                    Value::test_binary("bar"),
+                    Value::test_binary("baz"),
+                    Value::test_binary(""),
+                ])),
+            },
+            Example {
+                example: r#"0x[61 2D 2D 62 2D 2D 63] | bytes split "--""#,
+                description: "Split a binary value using a string separator",
+                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![
+                    Value::test_binary("a"),
+                    Value::test_binary("b"),
+                    Value::test_binary("c"),
+                ])),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        let head = call.head;
+        let Spanned {
+            item: separator,
+            span,
+        }: Spanned<Vec<u8>> = call.req(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+
+        if separator.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ShellError::IncorrectValue {
+                msg: "Separator can't be empty".into(),
+                val_span: span,
+                call_span: call.head,
+            });
+        }
+
+        let (split_read, md) = match input {
+            PipelineData::Value(Value::Binary { val, .. }, md) => (
+                ByteStream::read_binary(val, head, engine_state.signals().clone()).split(separator),
+                md,
+            ),
+            PipelineData::ByteStream(stream, md) => (stream.split(separator), md),
+            input => {
+                let span = input.span().unwrap_or(head);
+                return Err(input.unsupported_input_error("bytes", span));
+            }
+        };
+        if let Some(split) = split_read {
+            Ok(split
+                .map(move |part| match part {
+                    Ok(val) => Value::binary(val, head),
+                    Err(err) => Value::error(err, head),
+                })
+                .into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(head, engine_state.signals().clone(), md))
+        } else {
+            Ok(PipelineData::empty())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        use crate::test_examples;
+
+        test_examples(BytesSplit {})
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index bcff06b5e8..168ee78027 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ pub fn add_shell_command_context(mut engine_state: EngineState) -> EngineState {
         bind_command! {
             Bytes,
             BytesLen,
+            BytesSplit,
             BytesStartsWith,
             BytesEndsWith,
             BytesReverse,
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
index d162999b9d..b4a126511b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ typetag = "0.2"
 os_pipe = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["io_safety"] }
 log = { workspace = true }
 web-time = { workspace = true }
+memchr = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["signal"] }
@@ -74,4 +75,4 @@ tempfile = { workspace = true }
 os_pipe = { workspace = true }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-all-features = true
\ No newline at end of file
+all-features = true
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs
index 2b7c93495e..e24c0753e6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/pipeline/byte_stream.rs
@@ -415,6 +415,18 @@ impl ByteStream {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Convert the [`ByteStream`] into a [`SplitRead`] iterator where each element is a `Result<String, ShellError>`.
+    ///
+    /// Each call to [`next`](Iterator::next) reads the currently available data from the byte
+    /// stream source, until `delimiter` or the end of the stream is encountered.
+    ///
+    /// If the source of the [`ByteStream`] is [`ByteStreamSource::Child`] and the child has no stdout,
+    /// then the stream is considered empty and `None` will be returned.
+    pub fn split(self, delimiter: Vec<u8>) -> Option<SplitRead> {
+        let reader = self.stream.reader()?;
+        Some(SplitRead::new(reader, delimiter, self.span, self.signals))
+    }
+
     /// Convert the [`ByteStream`] into a [`Chunks`] iterator where each element is a `Result<Value, ShellError>`.
     ///
     /// Each call to [`next`](Iterator::next) reads the currently available data from the byte stream source,
@@ -746,6 +758,200 @@ impl Iterator for Lines {
     }
 }
 
+mod split_read {
+    use std::io::{BufRead, ErrorKind};
+
+    use memchr::memmem::Finder;
+
+    pub struct SplitRead<R> {
+        reader: Option<R>,
+        buf: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+        finder: Finder<'static>,
+    }
+
+    impl<R: BufRead> SplitRead<R> {
+        pub fn new(reader: R, delim: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Self {
+            // empty delimiter results in an infinite stream of empty items
+            debug_assert!(!delim.as_ref().is_empty(), "delimiter can't be empty");
+            Self {
+                reader: Some(reader),
+                buf: Some(Vec::new()),
+                finder: Finder::new(delim.as_ref()).into_owned(),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<R: BufRead> Iterator for SplitRead<R> {
+        type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error>;
+
+        fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+            let buf = self.buf.as_mut()?;
+            let mut search_start = 0usize;
+
+            loop {
+                if let Some(i) = self.finder.find(&buf[search_start..]) {
+                    let needle_idx = search_start + i;
+                    let right = buf.split_off(needle_idx + self.finder.needle().len());
+                    buf.truncate(needle_idx);
+                    let left = std::mem::replace(buf, right);
+                    return Some(Ok(left));
+                }
+
+                if let Some(mut r) = self.reader.take() {
+                    search_start = buf.len().saturating_sub(self.finder.needle().len() + 1);
+                    let available = match r.fill_buf() {
+                        Ok(n) => n,
+                        Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
+                        Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
+                    };
+
+                    buf.extend_from_slice(available);
+                    let used = available.len();
+                    r.consume(used);
+                    if used != 0 {
+                        self.reader = Some(r);
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    return self.buf.take().map(Ok);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    mod tests {
+        use super::*;
+        use std::io::{self, Cursor, Read};
+
+        #[test]
+        fn simple() {
+            let s = "foo-bar-baz";
+            let cursor = Cursor::new(String::from(s));
+            let mut split =
+                SplitRead::new(cursor, "-").map(|r| String::from_utf8(r.unwrap()).unwrap());
+
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("foo"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("bar"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("baz"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next(), None);
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn with_empty_fields() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+            let s = "\0\0foo\0\0bar\0\0\0\0baz\0\0";
+            let cursor = Cursor::new(String::from(s));
+            let mut split =
+                SplitRead::new(cursor, "\0\0").map(|r| String::from_utf8(r.unwrap()).unwrap());
+
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("foo"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("bar"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("baz"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), None);
+
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn complex_delimiter() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+            let s = "<|>foo<|>bar<|><|>baz<|>";
+            let cursor = Cursor::new(String::from(s));
+            let mut split =
+                SplitRead::new(cursor, "<|>").map(|r| String::from_utf8(r.unwrap()).unwrap());
+
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("foo"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("bar"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some("baz"));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), None);
+
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn all_empty() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+            let s = "<><>";
+            let cursor = Cursor::new(String::from(s));
+            let mut split =
+                SplitRead::new(cursor, "<>").map(|r| String::from_utf8(r.unwrap()).unwrap());
+
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next().as_deref(), Some(""));
+            assert_eq!(split.next(), None);
+
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        #[should_panic = "delimiter can't be empty"]
+        #[test]
+        fn empty_delimiter() {
+            let s = "abc";
+            let cursor = Cursor::new(String::from(s));
+            let _split = SplitRead::new(cursor, "").map(|e| e.unwrap());
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn delimiter_spread_across_reads() {
+            let reader = Cursor::new("<|>foo<|")
+                .chain(Cursor::new(">bar<|><"))
+                .chain(Cursor::new("|>baz<|>"));
+
+            let mut split =
+                SplitRead::new(reader, "<|>").map(|r| String::from_utf8(r.unwrap()).unwrap());
+
+            assert_eq!(split.next().unwrap(), "");
+            assert_eq!(split.next().unwrap(), "foo");
+            assert_eq!(split.next().unwrap(), "bar");
+            assert_eq!(split.next().unwrap(), "");
+            assert_eq!(split.next().unwrap(), "baz");
+            assert_eq!(split.next().unwrap(), "");
+            assert_eq!(split.next(), None);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SplitRead {
+    internal: split_read::SplitRead<BufReader<SourceReader>>,
+    span: Span,
+    signals: Signals,
+}
+
+impl SplitRead {
+    fn new(
+        reader: SourceReader,
+        delimiter: impl AsRef<[u8]>,
+        span: Span,
+        signals: Signals,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            internal: split_read::SplitRead::new(BufReader::new(reader), delimiter),
+            span,
+            signals,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        self.span
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for SplitRead {
+    type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, ShellError>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.signals.interrupted() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        self.internal.next().map(|r| r.map_err(|e| e.into()))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Turn a readable stream into [`Value`]s.
 ///
 /// The `Value` type depends on the type of the stream ([`ByteStreamType`]). If `Unknown`, the