Re: humanize_number(3) for dd(1) summary?

[Julio Merino <jmmv%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Jean-Yves Migeon
<jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost> wrote:
> As there is some discussion regarding command line/usage to make user's
> life better (or worse?), is there opposition to use humanize_number(3)
> in dd(1) summary()?
>
> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/foobar bs=1g count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
> 1073741824 bytes transferred in 15.678 secs (68487168 bytes/sec)
>
> $ ./dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/foobar bs=1g count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
> 1073741824 bytes (1,0 GB) transferred in 15.701 secs (65 MB/sec)

Looks reasonable to me.

-- 
Julio Merino