Package: coreutils
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File: /usr/bin/numfmt
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In India it is common to write large numbers using combinations of
"lakh" / "L" (10⁷) and "crore" / "cr" (10⁵).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore
For example,
According to […] ₹15.3 lakh crore of the ₹15.41 lakh crore in demonetised
bank notes, […]
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation
When I try to convert these to SI units in my head, I always mess up.
Could numfmt handle this for me?
Something like this (my maths might be wrong!):
$ numfmt --from=auto --to=लाख 15.3T
15.3 lakh crore
$ numfmt --from=auto --to=लाख 1.2G
120 crore
$ numfmt --from=auto --to=लाख 1.2M
12 lakh
$ numfmt --from=लाख --to=si 12 lakh
1.2M
$ numfmt --from=लाख --to=si 15.3 lakh crore
15.3T
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