numfmt: move duplicate code to function

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GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/date/resolution (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)
Skipping an intermittent issue tests/date/date-locale-hour (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)
Skipping an intermittent issue tests/tail/symlink (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)
Congrats! The gnu test tests/tail/pipe-f is now passing!