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08-28-2007
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| Guest | ls -h what would be the "ls -h" equivalent in powershell? (Get-ChildItem -HumanReadable) |
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08-28-2007
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| Guest | Re: ls -h Storm Rider" <Storm Rider@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:434E3364-4FCD-4CB9-B28A-9FBB054C7037@xxxxxx Quote: > what would be the "ls -h" equivalent in powershell? (Get-ChildItem > -HumanReadable) this type of output or describe a bit more about "HumanReadable"? -- Keith |
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08-29-2007
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| Guest | Re: ls -h -h use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to four or fewer using base 2 for sizes. "Keith Hill [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > Storm Rider" <Storm Rider@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:434E3364-4FCD-4CB9-B28A-9FBB054C7037@xxxxxx Quote: > > what would be the "ls -h" equivalent in powershell? (Get-ChildItem > > -HumanReadable) > Been a long time since using unix style ls. Can you provide a sample of > this type of output or describe a bit more about "HumanReadable"? > > -- > Keith > |
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08-29-2007
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| Guest | Re: ls -h "Storm Rider" <StormRider@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:79F15DDD-F614-418C-8728-5F814AD9D046@xxxxxx Quote: > -h use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and > Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to four or fewer using base > 2 for sizes. gci | format-table ` @{l='Mode';w=5;e={$_.Mode}}, @{l='LastWriteTime';w=22;a="right";e={$_.LastWriteTime}}, @{l='Length';w=12;a='right';e={$_.Length | format-byte}}, Name Note that this does use the Format-Byte cmdlet from the PowerShell Community Extensions. However if you download and use that, you can set this on a global basis: 233# $PscxFileSizeInUnitsPreference = $true 234# gci Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem:  :\DownloadsMode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a--- 7/10/2007 11:56 AM 1.16 GB 6.0.6000.0.0.WindowsSDK_Vista_rtm.DVD.Rel.img -a--- 7/31/2007 10:35 PM 1.144 GB 6.0.6001.16621.148.WindowsSDK_LonghornServer_ -- Keith http://www.codeplex.com/powershellcx |
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08-29-2007
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| Guest | Re: ls -h Thanks Keith, didn't realize that was already part of PSCX. Sean "Keith Hill [MVP]" wrote: Quote: > "Storm Rider" <StormRider@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:79F15DDD-F614-418C-8728-5F814AD9D046@xxxxxx Quote: > > -h use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and > > Petabyte in order to reduce the number of digits to four or fewer using Quote: > > 2 for sizes. > OK it isn't pretty but it works: > > gci | format-table ` > @{l='Mode';w=5;e={$_.Mode}}, > @{l='LastWriteTime';w=22;a="right";e={$_.LastWriteTime}}, > @{l='Length';w=12;a='right';e={$_.Length | format-byte}}, > Name > > Note that this does use the Format-Byte cmdlet from the PowerShell > Community Extensions. However if you download and use that, you can set > this on a global basis: > > 233# $PscxFileSizeInUnitsPreference = $true > 234# gci > > > Directory: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem: :\Downloads> > > Mode LastWriteTime Length Name > ---- ------------- ------ ---- > -a--- 7/10/2007 11:56 AM 1.16 GB > 6.0.6000.0.0.WindowsSDK_Vista_rtm.DVD.Rel.img > -a--- 7/31/2007 10:35 PM 1.144 GB > 6.0.6001.16621.148.WindowsSDK_LonghornServer_ > > -- > Keith > http://www.codeplex.com/powershellcx > |
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