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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 93f939019..22d307a99 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -618,15 +618,8 @@ from the shell. @end macro @macro multiplierSuffixes{varName} -@ignore -Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{\varName\} by 512, -@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024, -@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024, -@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024, -and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}. -@end ignore -@var{\varName\} is a number which may have one of the following -multiplicative suffixes: +@var{\varName\} may be, or may be an integer optionally followed by, +one of the following multiplicative suffixes: @example @samp{b} => 512 ("blocks") @samp{KB} => 1000 (KiloBytes) @@ -641,8 +634,8 @@ and so on for @samp{T}, @samp{P}, @samp{E}, @samp{Z}, and @samp{Y}. @c FIXME: same as above, but no ``blocks'' line. @macro multiplierSuffixesNoBlocks{varName} -@var{\varName\} is a number which may have one of the following -multiplicative suffixes: +@var{\varName\} may be, or may be an integer optionally followed by, +one of the following multiplicative suffixes: @example @samp{KB} => 1000 (KiloBytes) @samp{K} => 1024 (KibiBytes) |