From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:55:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: mention `numfmt` as an alternative to `sort -h`
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doc: mention `numfmt` as an alternative to `sort -h`

* doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Mention that numfmt
can achieve the same results with a possibly more accurate sort.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 76a299f156..c6b3b32261 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4332,6 +4332,9 @@ the @command{df}, @command{du}, or @command{ls} commands that are
 invoked with their @option{--human-readable} or @option{--si} options.
 The syntax for numbers is the same as for the @option{--numeric-sort}
 option; the SI suffix must immediately follow the number.
+Note also the @command{numfmt} command, which can be used to reformat
+numbers to human format @emph{after} the sort, thus often allowing
+sort to operate on more accurate numbers.
 
 @item -i
 @itemx --ignore-nonprinting