Re: File Size Calculator

[Chris Devers]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, SilverFox wrote:
Example:
user enter: 59443
Script will output: 58M
I know this isn't getting into the spirit of things, but have you 
considered simply using the `units` program?

    % units
    500 units, 54 prefixes
    You have: 59443 bytes
    You want: megabytes
            * 0.056689262
            / 17.640025
    You have: 59443 bytes
    You want: kilobytes
            * 59.443
            / 0.016822839
    You have: ^C
    % units bytes kilobytes
           * 0.001
            / 1000
    % units bytes megabytes
            * 9.5367432e-07
            / 1048576
The nice thing about `units` -- in this context -- is that it lets the 
user pick the conversion units they want to work with, and also gives 
hints for converting both to & from the alternate measurement scale.

Of course, working this into a larger program that does other things 
might be annoying -- in which case your way is better -- but if all you 
want is the conversions, this is a solved problem :-)

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Chris Devers
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