Manual page for UNITS(1)
units - conversion program
SYNOPSIS
units
DESCRIPTION
units
converts quantities expressed
in various standard scales to
their equivalents in other scales.
It works interactively in this fashion:
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You have: inch
You want: cm
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* 2.540000e+00
/ 3.937008e-01
A quantity is specified as a multiplicative combination of
units optionally preceded by a numeric multiplier.
Powers are indicated by suffixed positive integers,
division by the usual sign:
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You have: 15 lbs force/in2
You want: atm
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* 1.020689e+00
/ 9.797299e-01
units
only does multiplicative scale changes.
Thus it can convert Kelvin to Rankine, but not Celsius to
Fahrenheit.
Most familiar units,
abbreviations, and metric prefixes are recognized,
together with a generous leavening of exotica
and a few constants of nature including:
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- pi
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Ratio of circumference to diameter,
- c
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Speed of light,
- e
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Charge on an electron,
- g
-
Acceleration of gravity,
- force
-
Same as
g,
- mole
-
Avogadro's number,
- water
-
Pressure head per unit height of water,
- au
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Astronomical unit.
pound
is not recognized as a unit of
mass;
lb
is.
pound
refers to a British pound.
Compound names are run together (for instance,
lightyear).
British units that differ from their
U.S.
counterparts are prefixed thus:
brgallon.
Currency is denoted
belgiumfranc,
britainpound, ...
For a complete list of units, type:
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cat /usr/lib/units
FILES
- /usr/lib/units
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BUGS
Do not base your
financial plans on the currency conversions.
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Last modified 11/5/97
