File Length Needing to be displayed as either MB or GB in code

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probably a real easy one here to answer:.

 

I am displaying a file size in a table that is very large.

 

I need the code for how to display that same number in the Length column in either MB or GB.

 

Please advise.

 

Thank you

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Typically we help you with code that you’ve written that you’re having issues with. However you are in luck as I recently answered a question on Stackoverflow where the user needed to do the same thing with very large numbers.

Function Get-FriendlySize {
    Param([bigint]$bytes)
    switch($bytes){
        {$_ -gt 1PB}{"{0:N2} PB" -f ($_ / 1PB);break}
        {$_ -gt 1TB}{"{0:N2} TB" -f ($_ / 1TB);break}
        {$_ -gt 1GB}{"{0:N2} GB" -f ($_ / 1GB);break}
        {$_ -gt 1MB}{"{0:N2} MB" -f ($_ / 1MB);break}
        {$_ -gt 1KB}{"{0:N2} KB" -f ($_ / 1KB);break}
        default {"{0:N2} Bytes" -f $_}
    }
}

Call the function and pass in your number and it will return the formatted size. You may need to adjust this if you really only want MB or GB.

Get-FriendlySize 73068233
69.00 MB

Get-FriendlySize 5643986866
5.00 GB

Get-FriendlySize 91296907994238
83.00 TB