Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:16:52 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: Tim DeBoer <deboert@cletus.cornhusker.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ls -lh ??? Message-ID: <20011223131652.A237@twincat.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112231317100.17420-100000@cletus.cornhusker.net>; from deboert@cletus.cornhusker.net on Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:23:57PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112231317100.17420-100000@cletus.cornhusker.net>
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On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:23:57PM +0000, Tim DeBoer wrote: > Hi Folks, > Red Hat, and probably most other dists of Linux, has an ls command which > basically makes size output "human readable". > Like this > ls -l /var/spool/mail/deboert > -rw-r----- 1 deboert mail 18834 Dec 23 12:03 > /var/spool/mail/deboert > > ls -lh /var/spool/mail/deboert > -rw-r----- 1 deboert mail 18k Dec 23 12:03 > /var/spool/mail/deboert > > One thing I've noticed since moving to FreeBSD, is that -h doesn't do this > translation. It's not a huge flaming big deal, not having it, but it does > make life easier when dealing with *really* large files and directories. > > I've checked man ls, and came up empty handed. > Is there a similar option in FreeBSD? Or is that option ls version > specific? > > -- How about BLOCKSIZE=1K in your environment and then ls -s Josh > > Tim DeBoer > http://www.freebsd-geek.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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