From 9c0bf0ec08765ca5596504b8a021edfcfec27715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pocopepe <avijusanjai@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:32:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] numfmt: cap IEC precision at 3 decimals

---
 src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs  |  8 +++++++-
 tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
index 8e23684f4ed..b4bf4cd23df 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
@@ -519,8 +519,14 @@ fn consider_suffix(
         _ => return Err(translate!("numfmt-error-number-too-big")),
     };
 
+    // iec caps at 3 decimals to match gnu, si stays as is
+    let effective_precision = if matches!(u, Unit::Iec(_)) {
+        precision.min(3)
+    } else {
+        precision
+    };
     let v = if precision > 0 {
-        round_with_precision(n / bases[i], round_method, precision)
+        round_with_precision(n / bases[i], round_method, effective_precision)
     } else {
         div_round(n, bases[i], round_method)
     };
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs b/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs
index 54c3fe77905..b73dc1c4875 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs
@@ -1524,3 +1524,28 @@ fn test_ignores_invalid_mode_issue11935() {
         .stderr_is("numfmt: invalid suffix in input: '1e5'\n")
         .stdout_is("100\n1e5\n200\n");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_iec_format_precision_cap() {
+    // gnu zero pads after 3 decimals on iec
+    let cases = [
+        ("1500", "1.46500K"),
+        ("999999", "976.56200K"),
+        ("310174", "302.90500K"),
+    ];
+    for (input, expected) in cases {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .args(&["--to=iec", "--format=%.5f", input])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_is(format!("{expected}\n"));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_si_format_precision_no_cap() {
+    // si shouldn't get the cap, full precision
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--to=si", "--format=%.5f", "1234567"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("1.23457M\n");
+}