NAME

       function::bytes_to_string - Human readable string for given bytes

SYNOPSIS

           bytes_to_string:string(bytes:long)

ARGUMENTS

       bytes
           Number of bytes to translate.

DESCRIPTION

       Returns a string representing the number of bytes (up to 1024 bytes), the number of kilobytes (when less
       than 1024K) postfixed by 'K', the number of megabytes (when less than 1024M) postfixed by 'M' or the
       number of gigabytes postfixed by 'G'. If representing K, M or G, and the number is amount is less than
       100, it includes a '.' plus the remainer. The returned string will be 5 characters wide (padding with
       whitespace at the front) unless negative or representing more than 9999G bytes.

SEE ALSO

       tapset::proc_mem(3stap)

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