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FUNCTION::BYTES_TO_S(3stap)   Memory Tapset   FUNCTION::BYTES_TO_S(3stap)

NAME         top

       function::bytes_to_string - Human readable string for given bytes

SYNOPSIS         top

           bytes_to_string:string(bytes:long)

ARGUMENTS         top

       bytes
           Number of bytes to translate.

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       tapset::proc_mem(3stap)

COLOPHON         top

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