How can I split a VCF file by chromosome?

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I have a VCF file (format = vcf_bgzip) and I would like to obtain multiple separate VCF files by chromosome. I would appreciate any help into how to achieve this using Galaxy. Here is a sample file:

##fileformat=VCFv4.2
##FILTER=<ID=PASS,Description="All filters passed">
##contig=<ID=1,length=249250621>
##contig=<ID=10,length=135534747>
## several other hashes and text
#CHROM	POS	ID	REF	ALT	QUAL	FILTER	INFO	FORMAT	SampleName
1	69869	rs548049170	A	.	.	.	.	GT	0/0
1	565508	rs9283150	T	.	.	.	.	GT	./.
1	727841	rs116587930	C	.	.	.	.	GT	0/0
1	752721	rs3131972	T	G	.	.	.	GT	1/1
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Dear @anchor,
You can do this with Text reformatting with awk
using the following AWK Program: $0 ~ /^[1#]/ {print $0}

You can run this multiple times and just change the [1#] for chromosome 1 to [2#] for chromosome 2 and so on.

Cheers,
Florian