NAME

dataspeed-to-metric - Convert number to use metric prefix, e.g. '10000000' to '9.5MB' or '9.5Mbps'

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of dataspeed-to-metric (from Perl distribution App-DataSizeSpeedUtils), released on 2025-09-24.

SYNOPSIS

datasize-to-metric [OPTION]... [NUMBER]...
echo 'NUMBER' | datasize-to-metric [OPTION]...

dataspeed-to-metric [OPTION]... [NUMBER]...
echo 'NUMBER' | dataspeed-to-metric [OPTION]...

See examples in "EXAMPLES".

DESCRIPTION

EXIT CODES

0 on success.

255 on I/O error.

99 on command-line options error.

OPTIONS

  • --additional-prefix, -p

    Set additional prefix. Default is "B" (for datasize-to-metric) or "bps" (for dataspeed-to-metric).

  • --no-uppercase-k

    Show kilo as "k" instead of the default "K". Note that in SI, the standard prefix is indeed "k" (lowercase).

  • --base=i

    Default 2 (binary or base-2 prefix). To use base-10 prefix, set to 10.

  • --precision=i

    Default 1.

  • --help, -h

    Show help message then exit.

  • --version, -v

    Show version then exit.

FAQ

EXAMPLES

# numbers can be specified as command-line arguments ...
% datasize-to-metric 1000 10000000
1000.0B
9.5MB

% dataspeed-to-metric 2000 20000000
2.0Kbps
19.1Mbps

# ... or read from stdin
% echo 10000 | datasize-to-metric --no-uppercase-k
9.8kB

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-DataSizeSpeedUtils.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-DataSizeSpeedUtils.

SEE ALSO

datasize-from-metric, dataspeed-from-metric.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2025 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-DataSizeSpeedUtils

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.