tldr/pages/common/numfmt.md

# numfmt

> Convert numbers to and from human-readable strings.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/numfmt>.

- Convert 1.5K (SI Units) to 1500:

`numfmt --from={{si}} {{1.5K}}`

- Convert 5th field (1-indexed) to IEC Units without converting header:

`ls -l | numfmt --header={{1}} --field={{5}} --to={{iec}}`

- Convert to IEC units, pad with 5 characters, left aligned:

`du -s * | numfmt --to={{iec}} --format="{{%-5f}}"`
numfmt: add page (#2386) 2018-10-04 13:07:53 -04:00			`# numfmt`

			`> Convert numbers to and from human-readable strings.`
coreutils*: use short more info links (#5658) 2021-04-01 17:54:26 +02:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/numfmt>.`
numfmt: add page (#2386) 2018-10-04 13:07:53 -04:00
			`- Convert 1.5K (SI Units) to 1500:`

			`numfmt --from={{si}} {{1.5K}}`

			`- Convert 5th field (1-indexed) to IEC Units without converting header:`

			`ls -l \| numfmt --header={{1}} --field={{5}} --to={{iec}}`

			`- Convert to IEC units, pad with 5 characters, left aligned:`

Bulk change: move double quotes outside tokens (#4431) 2020-10-04 19:33:38 +02:00			`du -s * \| numfmt --to={{iec}} --format="{{%-5f}}"`