bug#9939: Problems with the SIZE description in man pages for <ls> and <du>

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:

> On 11/15/2011 11:12 AM, Ruediger Meier wrote:
>> I also think the multiplier version is a bit easier to read.
>> My preferred one would be something like this:
>>
>> -SIZE is an integer with an optional suffix (example: 10MB).  Suffixes 
>> are:\n\
>> -KB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, 
>> Y.\n\
>> +SIZE is an integer with an optional unit, e.g. 10M (1024*1024). Valid 
>> units\n\
>> +are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y (powers of 1024) or KB, MB, ... (powers of 
>> 1000).\n\
>
> Not quite accurate on 10M.  But I think it does read a bit better.  How
> about this tweak to fix the example, while still fitting in the line
> limitations:
>
> +SIZE is an integer and optional unit (example: 10M is 10*1024*1024).  
> Units\n\
> +are K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y (powers of 1024) or KB, MB,... (powers of 
> 1000).\n\

Go for it.  Thanks to both of you.