[GH-ISSUE #12] Readme: sort -h can sort human-readable numbers #6

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zhus commented

2026-06-08 11:25:15 +03:00

Originally created by @Emerentius on GitHub (Apr 21, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/12

Originally assigned to: @bootandy on GitHub.

The following part in the README.md isn't quite correct

[du -b] for when you have a bunch and need to sort the output numerically, and you’re obligated to either further pass it into something like awk to turn bytes into the appropriate human-friendly unit like mega or gigabytes, or you just do some rough math in your head and use the ordering to sanity check.

Given that sort has a -h flag for sorting human-readable numbers correctly, that part is a bit misleading.

Edit: I just noticed that sort -h is already given as an alternative at the bottom. Changed comment text.

Originally created by @Emerentius on GitHub (Apr 21, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/12 Originally assigned to: @bootandy on GitHub. The following part in the README.md isn't quite correct > [du -b] for when you have a bunch and need to sort the output numerically, and you’re obligated to either further pass it into something like awk to turn bytes into the appropriate human-friendly unit like mega or gigabytes, or you just do some rough math in your head and use the ordering to sanity check. Given that sort has a `-h` flag for sorting human-readable numbers correctly, that part is a bit misleading. Edit: I just noticed that sort -h is already given as an alternative at the bottom. Changed comment text.

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