In addition to the "set -units GB", we also do "rows 0" to get rid of the netapp line wrapping, and then "set -showseparator ~", so there is a known field separater - makes using awk to manipulate the data a lot easier. You can also use "-fields" on your commands so you only get the fields you are interested in:

ssh -C -i $KEY user@$CONTROLLER "rows 0;set -showseparator ~;set -units GB;vol show -fields size"

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