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kilo is k and not K


From: Francky Leyn
Subject: kilo is k and not K
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:53:00 +0100

Dear,

when you do ls -l -h one sometimes encounters files which have kilo size.
ls -l -h then uses "K" to display this. This is wrong and unallowable.
It must be "k". You don't have a choice: it is standarised by the SI
system as "k". See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI .
Standards have to be respected regardless of personal preferences.

I don't know if this error also occurs for other coreutils.

Best regards,

Francky Leyn

http://users.telenet.be/leyn

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