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Units

pls can show the sizes of files in three unit systems.

  • binary, which uses higher powers of 2 such as 210 as kibi (Ki), 220 as mibi (Mi) etc.
  • decimal, which users higher powers of 10 such as 103 as kilo (k), 106 as mega (M) etc.
  • none, which lists the exact number of bytes (B) as is.

Arguments

--unit/-u can be used to set the unit system to use. pls uses the binary unit system by default.

Examples

Terminal window
pls --det=size # or --unit=binary or --u=binary
​   Size Name
1.0 MiB    a
1.0 MiB    b
1.0 MiB    c
 
Terminal window
pls --det=size --unit=decimal # or --u=decimal
​  Size Name
1.0 MB    a
1.0 MB    b
1.0 MB    c
 
Terminal window
pls --det=size --unit=none # or --u=binary
​     Size Name
1048589 B    a
1048589 B    b
1048589 B    c
 

Configuration

Using the configuration system, you can modify the appearance of size magnitude, prefix and base unit.

See the detail view configuration for an example.