parseSize

Reads a file size such as 1.2 GB as a number of bytes.

Details #

parseSize(text) reads a size and returns bytes. KB, MB, GB, TB and PB are powers of 1000, as Finder shows them; KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB and PiB are powers of 1024. A bare number is bytes, and thousands commas are fine (1,024 bytes). Capitals don't matter, and k, m, g and t are the decimal units.

Parameters #

Takes 1 argument. {{ parseSize(text) }}

Examples #

parseSize("1.2 GB")

→ 1200000000

parseSize("512 KiB")

→ 524288

Gotchas #

Unknown units fail with parseSize() couldn't read a size.