Re: Bug#539481: coreutils: [df] Please use DOT instead of COMMA in -h (human readable) size listing

[James Youngman]

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jari Aalto<address@hidden> wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 7.4-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> [Debian Bug / wishlist]
>
> $ df -hl | grep usb
>
>  /dev/sdb1             3,9G  3,9G   96K 100% /media/usb0
>  /dev/sdc1             3,8G  4,0K  3,8G   1% /media/usb1
>
> SUGGESTION
>
> Please prefer representing fractional values in computer-dot notation:
>
>  /dev/sdb1             3.9G  3.9G   96K 100% /media/usb0
>  /dev/sdc1             3.8G  4.0K  3.8G   1% /media/usb1

But you chose to use the comma yourself - by selecting your locale.
If you want to use "." as the decimal radix marker, just delect an
appropriate locale:

$ LC_ALL=C  df -h .
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/mirror_a-home
                      9.9G  7.8G  1.6G  84% /home

$ LC_ALL=es_ES  df -h .
S.ficheros          Tama�o Usado  Disp Uso% Montado en
/dev/mapper/mirror_a-home
                      9,9G  7,8G  1,6G  84% /home

$ LC_MESSAGES=es_ES LC_NUMERIC=C  df -h .
S.ficheros          Tamaño Usado  Disp Uso% Montado en
/dev/mapper/mirror_a-home
                      9.9G  7.8G  1.6G  84% /home

$ man locale