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# numfmt
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> Convert numbers to and from human-readable strings.
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> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/numfmt-invocation.html>.
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- Convert 1.5K (SI Units) to 1500:
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`numfmt --from si 1.5K`
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- Convert 1500 to 1.5K (SI Units):
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`numfmt --to si 1500`
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- Convert 1.5K (IEC Units) to 1536:
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`numfmt --from iec 1.5K`
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- Use appropriate conversion based on the suffix:
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`numfmt --from auto {{1.5Ki}}`
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- Convert 5th field (1-indexed) to IEC Units without converting header:
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`ls -l | numfmt --header=1 --field 5 --to iec`
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- Convert to IEC units, pad with 5 characters, left aligned:
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`du {{[-s|--summarize]}} * | numfmt --to iec --format "%-5f"`
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