1 # pretty-bytes [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/pretty-bytes.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/pretty-bytes)
3 > Convert bytes to a human readable string: `1337` → `1.34 kB`
5 Useful for displaying file sizes for humans.
9 *Note that it uses base-10 (eg. kilobyte).
10 [Read about the difference between kilobyte and kibibyte.](http://pacoup.com/2009/05/26/kb-kb-kib-whats-up-with-that/)*
16 $ npm install --save pretty-bytes
23 const prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes');
35 - [pretty-bytes-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pretty-bytes-cli) - CLI for this module
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