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Re: OT - Convert output of byte count to GB count?



Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Bob Proulx a écrit :
> >   $ perl -le 'print 5605687296 / (1024*1024*1024)'
> 
> Note that 1 GB (gigabyte) is 10^9 bytes as can be seen in the GNU dd
> output. 1024^3 is 1 GiB (gibibyte).

You say "tomato", I say "tomahto".  You can make your own divider the
number 34,969[1] if you like.  For me I prefer binary powers of two
when using it in relation to computer tasks.

Bob

[1] The Count von Count's favorite number.

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