Converting file size in bytes to human-readable string

Question

I\'m using this function to convert a file size in bytes to a human-readable file size:

function getReadableFileSizeString(fileSizeInBytes) {
    var i = -1;         


        

Answer 1

I wanted the "file manager" behavior (e.g., Windows Explorer) where the number of decimal places is proportional to the number size. Seemingly none of the other answers does this.

function humanFileSize(size) {
    if (size < 1024) return size + ' B'
    let i = Math.floor(Math.log(size) / Math.log(1024))
    let num = (size / Math.pow(1024, i))
    let round = Math.round(num)
    num = round < 10 ? num.toFixed(2) : round < 100 ? num.toFixed(1) : round
    return `${num} ${'KMGTPEZY'[i-1]}B`
}

Here's some examples:

humanFileSize(0)          // "0 B"
humanFileSize(1023)       // "1023 B"
humanFileSize(1024)       // "1.00 KB"
humanFileSize(10240)      // "10.0 KB"
humanFileSize(102400)     // "100 KB"
humanFileSize(1024000)    // "1000 KB"
humanFileSize(12345678)   // "11.8 MB"
humanFileSize(1234567890) // "1.15 GB"

Answer 2

Here's mine - works for really big files too -_-

function formatFileSize(size)
{
    var sizes = [' Bytes', ' KB', ' MB', ' GB', ' TB', ' PB', ' EB', ' ZB', ' YB'];
    for (var i = 1; i < sizes.length; i++)
    {
        if (size < Math.pow(1024, i)) return (Math.round((size/Math.pow(1024, i-1))*100)/100) + sizes[i-1];
    }
    return size;
}

Answer 3

let bytes = 1024 * 10 * 10 * 10;

console.log(getReadableFileSizeString(bytes))

will return 1000.0Кб instead of 1MB

Answer 4

Here's one I wrote:

/**
 * Format bytes as human-readable text.
 * 
 * @param bytes Number of bytes.
 * @param si True to use metric (SI) units, aka powers of 1000. False to use 
 *           binary (IEC), aka powers of 1024.
 * @param dp Number of decimal places to display.
 * 
 * @return Formatted string.
 */
function humanFileSize(bytes, si=false, dp=1) {
  const thresh = si ? 1000 : 1024;

  if (Math.abs(bytes) < thresh) {
    return bytes + ' B';
  }

  const units = si 
    ? ['kB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB', 'PB', 'EB', 'ZB', 'YB'] 
    : ['KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB', 'PiB', 'EiB', 'ZiB', 'YiB'];
  let u = -1;
  const r = 10**dp;

  do {
    bytes /= thresh;
    ++u;
  } while (Math.round(Math.abs(bytes) * r) / r >= thresh && u < units.length - 1);


  return bytes.toFixed(dp) + ' ' + units[u];
}


console.log(humanFileSize(1551859712))  // 1.4 GiB
console.log(humanFileSize(5000, true))  // 5.0 kB
console.log(humanFileSize(5000, false))  // 4.9 KiB
console.log(humanFileSize(-10000000000000000000000000000))  // -8271.8 YiB
console.log(humanFileSize(999949, true))  // 999.9 kB
console.log(humanFileSize(999950, true))  // 1.0 MB
console.log(humanFileSize(999950, true, 2))  // 999.95 kB
console.log(humanFileSize(999500, true, 0))  // 1 MB

Answer 5

sizeOf = function (bytes) {
  if (bytes == 0) { return "0.00 B"; }
  var e = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024));
  return (bytes/Math.pow(1024, e)).toFixed(2)+' '+' KMGTP'.charAt(e)+'B';
}

sizeOf(2054110009);
//=> "1.91 GB"

sizeOf(7054110);
//=> "6.73 MB"

sizeOf( (3*1024*1024) );
//=> "3.00 MB"

Answer 6

As of 2020, you can use file-size npm package, that supports formatting in IEC (power 1024, default), SI (power 1000), and JEDEC (Alternative SI Unit Notation).

npm install file-size

import filesize from "filesize";

// outputs: 186.46 MB
filesize(186457865).human('si');

// outputs: 177.82 MiB
filesize(186457865).human();

https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-size