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FileSize

FileSize

gives the size of a file as a quantity.

Details

FileSize returns a Quantity object.
FileSize uses units of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, etc. to give a conveniently readable representation of the file size.
The file in FileSize can be specified by giving the path to the file as a string or a File object.
FileSize also works with cloud objects.

Examples

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Basic Examples (1)

Get the size of a file:

Scope (2)

Get the file size for a File object:

Find the size of a CloudObject:

Generalizations & Extensions (1)

FileSize uses SI prefix values for file size, where a megabyte is 10⁶ bytes:

The resulting Quantity can be converted to other units using UnitConvert:

Applications (1)

Use FileSize with FileSystemMap to inspect the size of various files in a directory:

Properties & Relations (1)

FileSize gives the same number of bytes as FileByteCount:

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