numfmt

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Convert numbers to and from human-readable strings.

Options (1)

-s, --summarizeboolean

Convert to IEC units, pad with 5 characters, left aligned

Example: du {{[-s|--summarize]}} * | numfmt --to iec --format "%-5f"

Convert 1.5K (SI Units) to 1500

numfmt --from si 1.5K

Convert 1500 to 1.5K (SI Units)

numfmt --to si 1500

Convert 1.5K (IEC Units) to 1536

numfmt --from iec 1.5K

Use appropriate conversion based on the suffix

numfmt --from auto 1.5Ki

Convert 5th field (1-indexed) to IEC Units without converting header

ls -l | numfmt --header=1 --field 5 --to iec

Convert to IEC units, pad with 5 characters, left aligned

du [-s|--summarize] * | numfmt --to iec --format "%-5f"