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

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #34 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#49994: upgrade: have "-s" of 'ls' display alloc'd sizes for
 specified "--block-size"
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:39:26 -0700

On 8/17/21 4:03 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> However you want to phrase it, with:
> 
>     --block-size=SIZE
> 
> I want to have 'ls'
> 
>     'scale sizes by SIZE before printing them'

But that's what --block-size does.

Perhaps your request would be more clear if you gave a specific example 
of what you want and why --block-size doesn't do what you want.
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