GNU bug report logs - #49994
upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for specified "--block-size"

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From: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 49994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49994: upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for specified "--block-size"
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:03:40 -0700

On 2021/08/17 16:00, Paul Eggert wrote:
> That's different from displaying the size that would have been allocated 
> on a device with a block size of 1 byte. 'du' can't do what you 
> requested, any more than 'ls' can.

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However you want to phrase it, with:

   --block-size=SIZE

I want to have 'ls'

   'scale sizes by SIZE before printing them'

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