docs: use correct units in free.1

The free manpage used the correct unit names (e.g. membibyte) but the
incorrect unit (e.g. M ) for the human-readable option.

References:
 https://bugs.debian.org/898774

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@enc.com.au>
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Craig Small 2018-05-31 20:34:13 +10:00
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procps-ng-NEXT
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* docs: Use correct symbols for -h option in free.1 Debian #898774
procps-ng-3.3.15
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* library: Increment to 8:0:1

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.\" This page Copyright (C) 1993 Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu.
.\" Long options where added at April 15th, 2011.
.\" Freely distributable under the terms of the GPL
.TH FREE 1 "2016-06-03" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.TH FREE 1 "2018-05-31" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
free \- Display amount of free and used memory in the system
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ display the units of print out. Following units are used.
.sp
.nf
B = bytes
K = kibibyte
M = mebibyte
G = gibibyte
T = tebibyte
P = pebibyte
Ki = kibibyte
Mi = mebibyte
Gi = gibibyte
Ti = tebibyte
Pi = pebibyte
.fi
.sp
If unit is missing, and you have exbibyte of RAM or swap, the number is in