Bash conversions

Convert formats

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yq -o=json test.yml

Convert value scales

#===  FUNCTION  ================================================================
#          NAME:  byteMe
#   DESCRIPTION:  Divides by 2^10 until < 1024 and then append metric suffix
#    PARAMETERS:  Integer
#       RETURNS:  String
#===============================================================================
function byteMe() { 
  declare -a METRIC=(' Bytes' 'KB' 'MB' 'GB' 'TB' 'XB' 'PB') # Array of suffixes
  MAGNITUDE=0  # magnitude of 2^10
  PRECISION="scale=1" # change this numeric value to inrease decimal precision
  local RAW=$1
  echo "RAW $RAW"
  UNITS=`echo ${RAW} | tr -d ','`  # numeric arg val (in bytes) to be converted
  while [[ "${UNITS/.*}" -ge 1024 ]] # compares integers (b/c no floats in bash)
    do
     UNITS=`echo "$PRECISION; $UNITS/1024" | bc` # floating point math via `bc`
     ((MAGNITUDE++)) # increments counter for array pointer
  done
  echo "$UNITS${METRIC[$MAGNITUDE]}"
}