26.4.5.3 The format_bytes() Function

Given a byte count, converts it to human-readable format and returns a string consisting of a value and a units indicator. Depending on the size of the value, the units part is bytes, KiB (kibibytes), MiB (mebibytes), GiB (gibibytes), TiB (tebibytes), or PiB (pebibytes).

Parameters

  • bytes TEXT: The byte count to format.

Return Value

A TEXT value.

Example
mysql> SELECT sys.format_bytes(512), sys.format_bytes(18446644073709551615);
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------+
| sys.format_bytes(512) | sys.format_bytes(18446644073709551615) |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------+
| 512 bytes             | 16383.91 PiB                           |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------+

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