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Converts a column of filesizes to some specified format.

Signature

> format filesize {flags} (format value) ...rest

Parameters

• format value: The format into which convert the file sizes.
• ...rest: For a data structure input, format filesizes at the given cell paths.

Input/output types:

input	output
filesize	string
record	record
table	table

Examples

Convert the size column to KB

> ls | format filesize KB size

Convert the apparent column to B

> du | format filesize B apparent

Convert the size data to MB

> 4Gb | format filesize MB
4000.0 MB