Added HumanToNumeric function

dev/ofunctions.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #### MINIMAL-FUNCTION-SET BEGIN ####
 
-## FUNC_BUILD=2016102203
+## FUNC_BUILD=2016102301
 ## BEGIN Generic bash functions written in 2013-2016 by Orsiris de Jong - http://www.netpower.fr - ozy@netpower.fr
 
 ## To use in a program, define the following variables:
@@ -902,6 +902,34 @@ function IsInteger {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Converts human readable sizes into integer kilobyte sizes
+function HumanToNumeric {
+	local notation
+	local suffix
+	local suffixPresent
+	local multiplier
+
+	notation=(K M G T P E)
+	for suffix in "${notation[@]}"; do
+		multiplier=$((multiplier+1))
+		if [[ "$disk_space" == *"$suffix"* ]]; then
+			suffixPresent=$suffix
+			break;
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [ "$suffixPresent" != "" ]; then
+		disk_space=${disk_space%$suffix*}
+		disk_space=${disk_space%.*}
+		# /1024 since we convert to kilobytes instead of bytes
+		disk_space=$((disk_space*(1024**multiplier/1024)))
+	else
+		disk_space=${disk_space%.*}
+	fi
+
+	echo $disk_space
+}
+
 ## from https://gist.github.com/cdown/1163649
 function urlEncode {
 	local length="${#1}"