Hi, I am running ls -lsh on kubuntu 14.04, here is the output: gemfield@gemfield-ThinkPad-Edge:~$ ls -ls 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 gemfield gemfield 9 9 18 23:12 test gemfield@gemfield-ThinkPad-Edge:~$ ls -lsh 4.0K -rw-rw-r-- 1 gemfield gemfield 9 9 18 23:12 test the "4" colored by green means 4 blocks, so why becomes 4.0K blocks when add -h option to ls -ls? gemfield@gemfield-ThinkPad-Edge:~$ uname -a Linux gemfield-ThinkPad-Edge 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:58:01 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux gemfield@gemfield-ThinkPad-Edge:~$ ls --version ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie. Thanks. Gemfield.