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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:47:38 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> To: Christian Hesse <mail@...rm.de> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] ip-link: add switch to show human readable output On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:27:36 +0200 Christian Hesse <mail@...rm.de> wrote: > Byte and packet count can increase to really big numbers. This adds a > switch to show human readable output. > > % ip -s link ls wl > 4: wl: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:de:ad:be:ee:ef brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast > 113570876 156975 0 0 0 0 > TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns > 27290790 94313 0 0 0 0 > % ip -s -h link ls wl > 4: wl: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:de:ad:be:ee:ef brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast > 122368888 169840 0 0 0 0 > 116.7Mi 165.8Ki 0 0 0 0 > TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns > 29087507 102309 0 0 0 0 > 27.7Mi 99.9Ki 0 0 0 0 > --- I like the idea as a concept but there are two issues: 1. The IEC suffix is a rarely used thing and is non-standard for communications where K = 1000 M = 1000000 etc. Please just use standard suffices 2. Don't double print the data, if the user asks for human format, only show the human format. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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