On 6/30/2015 3:51 AM, Erik Auerswald wrote:

Ishtar:/tmp/dutest> du -shc * |sort -h|tail
1.5M    sperl,v
3.6M    total
5.0M    total
Ishtar:/tmp/dutest> du -sh * |hsort -s|tail
1.5M    sperl,v
3.6M    total
----    -----
5.1M    TOTAL

But more a more obvious problem is 'du -shc' seems to be coming up with
the wrong number -- i.e. 1.5+3.6 = 5.1, not 5.0.
That are probably rounding errors avoided by du, that hsort cannot avoid
anymore.
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1) I think you're right, but 2) it still looks odd to see 1.5+3.6=5.0 and not 5.1





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