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diff --git a/ranger/ext/human_readable.py b/ranger/ext/human_readable.py
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+ONE_KB = 1024
+UNITS = 'BKMGTP'
+MAX_EXPONENT = len(UNITS) - 1
+
+def human_readable(byte):
+	import math
+
+	if not byte:
+		return '0 B'
+
+	exponent = int(math.log(byte, 2) / 10)
+	flt = float(byte) / (1 << (10 * exponent))
+	
+	if exponent > MAX_EXPONENT:
+		return '>9000' # off scale
+
+	if int(flt) == flt:
+		return '%.0f %s' % (flt, UNITS[exponent])
+
+	else:
+		return '%.2f %s' % (flt, UNITS[exponent])