$ humanize naturalsize 8589934592
8.6 GB
$ humanize naturalsize --binary 8589934592
8.0 GiB
$ echo 8589934592 | python -m humanize naturalsize --format "%.3f"
8.590 GB
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$ humanize --version
humanize 0.1.dev845
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$ humanize --help
usage: humanize [-h] [-v] FUNCTION ...

Python humanize utilities

positional arguments:
  FUNCTION
    apnumber     Converts an integer to Associated Press style.
    clamp        Returns number with the specified format, clamped between floor and ceil.
    fractional   Convert to fractional number.
    intcomma     Converts an integer to a string containing commas every three digits.
    intword      Converts a large integer to a friendly text representation.
    metric       Return a value with a metric SI unit-prefix appended.
    naturalsize  Format a number of bytes like a human readable filesize (e.g. 10 kB).
    ordinal      Converts an integer to its ordinal as a string.
    scientific   Return number in string scientific notation z.wq x 10ⁿ.

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --version  show program's version number and exit
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$ humanize naturalsize --help
usage: humanize naturalsize [-h] [--locale LOCALE] [--binary] [--gnu] [--format FORMAT] [values ...]

positional arguments:
  values           Values to humanize. If not found, humanizes inputs from stdin.

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --locale LOCALE  Language name, e.g. `en_GB`.
  --binary         If `True`, uses binary suffixes (KiB, MiB) with base 2**10 instead of 10**3. (default: `False`)
  --gnu            If `True`, the binary argument is ignored and GNU-style (`ls -sh` style) prefixes are used (K, M) with the 2**10 definition. (default: `False`)
  --format FORMAT  Custom formatter. (default: `%.1f`)