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convert a byte count to a human readable form
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| import sys | |
| import math | |
| totalBytes = int(sys.argv[1]) | |
| units = ["bytes", "kilobytes", "megabytes", "gigabytes", "terrabytes", "petabytes"] | |
| unitIndex = int(math.log(totalBytes, 1024)) | |
| bytesPerUnit = math.pow(1024, unitIndex) | |
| print("%.2f %s" % (totalBytes / (bytesPerUnit + 0.0), units[unitIndex])) |
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