ansible.builtin.human_readable filter – Make bytes/bits human readable

Note

This filter plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name human_readable even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

  • Convert byte or bit figures to more human readable formats.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | ansible.builtin.human_readable.

Parameter

Comments

Input

integer / required

Number of bytes, or bits. Depends on isbits.

Positional parameters

This describes positional parameters of the filter. These are the values positional1, positional2 and so on in the following example: input | ansible.builtin.human_readable(positional1, positional2, ...).

Parameter

Comments

isbits

boolean

Whether the input is bits, instead of bytes.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

unit

string

Unit to force output into. If none specified the largest unit arrived at will be used.

Choices:

  • "Y"

  • "Z"

  • "E"

  • "P"

  • "T"

  • "G"

  • "M"

  • "K"

  • "B"

Examples

# size => "1.15 GB"
size: "{{ 1232345345 | human_readable }}"

# size => "1.15 Gb"
size_bits: "{{ 1232345345 | human_readable(true) }}"

# size => "1175.26 MB"
size_MB: "{{ 1232345345 | human_readable(unit='M') }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

Human readable byte or bit size.

Returned: success

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.