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diff --git a/scripts/library/README b/scripts/library/README index c71c0714..44748ee2 100644 --- a/scripts/library/README +++ b/scripts/library/README @@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ Reccommended Usage: Returns: 0: parse success 1: parse failure (error message supplied) + +human_to_size.sh: +A function to convert human readable sizes (such as "5.3 GiB") to raw byte +equivalents. base10 and base2 suffixes are supported, case sensitively. If +successful, the converted byte value is written to stdout and the function +returns 0. If an error occurs, nothing in written and the function returns 1. +Results may be inaccurate when using a broken implementation of awk, such +as mawk or busybox awk. |