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> >> I'm currently dealing with an increasing set of *very* large files,
> >> most of them in the order of gigabytes. It becomes impossible to
> >> figure the size of a file with ls -l with 9 or more digits displayed.
> >> I would propose a new flag to ls which will together with option -l
> >> change the unit to kilobytes for files larger than one megabyte, to
> >> megabytes for files larger than one gigabyte and gigabytes for files
> >> larger than one terabyte. A 'k', 'm' or 'g' respectively should be
> >> appended.
> >>
> >> Would such a patch find the blessing of the team and the maintainer
> >> of ls ?
> >
> >Another thing that ``works for me''. Only make it ki, mi, and gi
> >to fit with the new binary mode international appreviation standards,
> >unless of cource you use base 10 divisors.
>
> Why not KB, MB or GB, since that's what you're actually reporting?
Because KB MB and GB mean different things than KiB MiB and GiB.
K = 10^3, Ki = 2^10
M = 10^6 Mi = 2^20
G = 10^9 Gi = 2^30
> What is this "binary mode international abbreviation standard"?
See above...
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