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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-03-04 00:55:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-03-06 16:15:23 +0000 |
| commit | 2c2d0b3644c2ce2fb723b7f888e3da3a1e4e3bca (patch) | |
| tree | 36568e46274f148a6de15fe4737c9df011d20bcf /doc | |
| parent | e57d5c2bf8f5648b92b85e6ea3090dba3c71ea1a (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-2c2d0b3644c2ce2fb723b7f888e3da3a1e4e3bca.tar.xz | |
doc: mention `numfmt` as an alternative to `sort -h`
* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention that numfmt
can achieve the same results with a possibly more accurate sort.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 76a299f15..c6b3b3226 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -4332,6 +4332,9 @@ the @command{df}, @command{du}, or @command{ls} commands that are invoked with their @option{--human-readable} or @option{--si} options. The syntax for numbers is the same as for the @option{--numeric-sort} option; the SI suffix must immediately follow the number. +Note also the @command{numfmt} command, which can be used to reformat +numbers to human format @emph{after} the sort, thus often allowing +sort to operate on more accurate numbers. @item -i @itemx --ignore-nonprinting |