GNU bug report logs - #8676
ls --si --human-readable, MB vs M

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Peggy Russell <prusselltechgroup <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 16:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 8676-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Peggy Russell <prusselltechgroup <at> gmail.com>, 8676-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8676: ls --si --human-readable, MB vs M
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:04:00 +0200

tags 8676 + notabug
thanks

Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 05/16/11 01:48, Peggy Russell wrote:
>> Shouldn't the `ls -l --si` output (#2 or #4) be display as 60MB vs 60M
>
> That would be more consistent, yes.  But it would also take up an extra
> column of output, and those columns are precious.

Just marking this issue as "done".
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