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Diffstat (limited to 'src/head.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/head.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/head.c b/src/head.c index 9d830644c..0e4fe6cea 100644 --- a/src/head.c +++ b/src/head.c @@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); fputs (_("\ \n\ -N may have a multiplier suffix: b 512, k 1024, m 1024*1024.\n\ +N may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ +b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\ +GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\ "), stdout); emit_bug_reporting_address (); } @@ -860,8 +862,8 @@ head_file (const char *filename, uintmax_t n_units, bool count_lines, return ok; } -/* Convert a string of decimal digits, N_STRING, with a single, optional suffix - character (b, k, or m) to an integral value. Upon successful conversion, +/* Convert a string of decimal digits, N_STRING, with an optional suffinx + to an integral value. Upon successful conversion, return that value. If it cannot be converted, give a diagnostic and exit. COUNT_LINES indicates whether N_STRING is a number of bytes or a number of lines. It is used solely to give a more specific diagnostic. */ @@ -872,7 +874,7 @@ string_to_integer (bool count_lines, const char *n_string) strtol_error s_err; uintmax_t n; - s_err = xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, &n, "bkm"); + s_err = xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, &n, "bkKmMGTPEZY0"); if (s_err == LONGINT_OVERFLOW) { |