On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:00:39 +1100, Jonathan Gray wrote: > There are several commands which have a -k flag for scaling to > kilobytes. > > For example: > df > du > ls > pstat > quot > swapctl > > Going down the list of unit names kmgtpezy some of these flags are > already used. So it would be hard to consistently use -m where -k is > used. Adding a flag to take a scalling factor, even if just using an > additional char like 'm' to index into a table of scaling factors would > use less flags.
That's a fair point. It's not really reasonable to use a separate option letter for every possible scaling factor. The Linux du -B option seems close to what we want, though it also appends a unit for things like "du -Bm" which breaks sorting (though du -B1m works). - todd
