Usage: /usr/bin/numfmt [OPTION]... [NUMBER]...
Reformat NUMBER(s), or the numbers from standard input if none are specified.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
--debug
print warnings about invalid input
-d, --delimiter=X
use X instead of whitespace for field delimiter
--field=FIELDS
replace the numbers in these input fields (default=1);
see FIELDS below for details
--format=FORMAT
use printf style floating-point FORMAT;
see FORMAT below for details
--from=UNIT
auto-scale input numbers to UNITs; default is 'none';
see UNIT below for details
--from-unit=N
specify the input unit size (instead of the default 1)
--grouping
use locale-defined grouping of digits, e.g. 1,000,000.
This has no effect in the C/POSIX locale
--header[=N]
print (without converting) the first N header lines;
N defaults to 1 if not specified
--invalid=MODE
failure mode for invalid numbers;
MODE can be: abort (default), fail, warn, ignore
--padding=N
pad the output to N characters;
positive N will right-align, negative N will left-align;
padding is ignored if the output is wider than N;
the default is to automatically pad if a whitespace is found
--round=METHOD
use METHOD for rounding when scaling; METHOD can be:
up, down, from-zero (default), towards-zero, nearest
--suffix=SUFFIX
add SUFFIX to output numbers,
and accept an optional SUFFIX in input numbers
--unit-separator=SEP
insert SEP between number and unit on output,
and accept an optional SEP in input numbers
--to=UNIT
auto-scale output numbers to UNITs; see UNIT below
--to-unit=N
the output unit size (instead of the default 1)
-z, --zero-terminated
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
UNIT options:
none no auto-scaling is done; suffixes will trigger an error
auto accept optional single/two letter suffix:
1K = 1000, 1k = 1000,
1Ki = 1024,
1M = 1000000,
1Mi = 1048576,
si accept optional single letter suffix:
1k = 1000, 1K = 1000,
1M = 1000000,
...
iec accept optional single letter suffix:
1K = 1024, 1k = 1024,
1M = 1048576,
...
iec-i accept optional two-letter suffix:
1Ki = 1024, 1ki = 1024,
1Mi = 1048576,
...
FIELDS supports cut(1) style field ranges:
N N'th field, counted from 1
N- from N'th field, to end of line
N-M from N'th to M'th field (inclusive)
-M from first to M'th field (inclusive)
- all fields
Multiple fields/ranges can be separated with commas
FORMAT must be suitable for printing one floating-point argument '%f'.
Optional quote (%'f) will enable --grouping (if supported by current locale).
Optional width value (%10f) will pad output. Optional zero (%010f) width
will zero pad the number. Optional negative values (%-10f) will left align.
Optional precision (%.1f) will override the input determined precision.
Exit status is 0 if all input numbers were successfully converted.
By default, /usr/bin/numfmt will stop at the first conversion error with exit status 2.
With --invalid='fail' a warning is printed for each conversion error
and the exit status is 2. With --invalid='warn' each conversion error is
diagnosed, but the exit status is 0. With --invalid='ignore' conversion
errors are not diagnosed and the exit status is 0.
Examples:
$ /usr/bin/numfmt --to=si 1000
-> "1.0k"
$ /usr/bin/numfmt --to=iec 2048
-> "2.0K"
$ /usr/bin/numfmt --to=iec-i 4096
-> "4.0Ki"
$ echo 1K | /usr/bin/numfmt --from=si
-> "1000"
$ echo 1K | /usr/bin/numfmt --from=iec
-> "1024"
$ df -B1 | /usr/bin/numfmt --header --field 2-4 --to=si
$ ls -l | /usr/bin/numfmt --header --field 5 --to=iec
$ ls -lh | /usr/bin/numfmt --header --field 5 --from=iec --padding=10
$ ls -lh | /usr/bin/numfmt --header --field 5 --from=iec --format %10f
Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/numfmt>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) numfmt invocation'
Options (19)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--debug | print warnings about invalid input | help + man |
-d, --delimiter X | use X instead of whitespace for field delimiter | help + man |
--field FIELDS | replace the numbers in these input fields (default=1); | help + man |
--format FORMAT | use printf style floating-point FORMAT; | help + man |
--from UNIT | auto-scale input numbers to UNITs; | help + man |
--from-unit N | specify the input unit size (instead of the default 1) | help + man |
--grouping | use locale-defined grouping of digits, e.g. 1,000,000. | help + man |
--header N | print (without converting) the first N header lines; | help |
--invalid MODE | failure mode for invalid numbers; | help + man |
--padding N | pad the output to N characters; | help + man |
--round METHOD | use METHOD for rounding when scaling; | help + man |
--suffix SUFFIX | add SUFFIX to output numbers, and accept an optional SUFFIX in input numbers | help + man |
--unit-separator SEP | insert SEP between number and unit on output, and accept an optional SEP in input numbers | help + man |
--to UNIT | auto-scale output numbers to UNITs; | help + man |
--to-unit N | the output unit size (instead of the default 1) | help + man |
-z, --zero-terminated | line delimiter is NUL, not newline | help + man |
--help | display this help and exit | help + man |
--version | output version information and exit | help + man |
-M | from first to M'th field (inclusive) | help + man |
Examples (6) from the manual page, untested
numfmt --to=si 1000numfmt --to=iec 2048
-> "1.0k"numfmt --to=iec-i 4096
-> "2.0K"echo 1K | numfmt --from=si
-> "4.0Ki"echo 1K | numfmt --from=iec
-> "1000"df -B1 | numfmt --header --field 2-4 --to=si
$ ls -l | numfmt --header --field 5 --to=iec
$ ls -lh | numfmt --header --field 5 --from=iec --padding=10
$ ls -lh | numfmt --header --field 5 --from=iec --format %10f
-> "1024"
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