units(1) units(1)NAME units - rescales quantities according to a the unit of measure specified SYNOPSIS units DESCRIPTION units converts quantities expressed in various standard scales to their equivalents in other scales. It works interactively (see the examples). 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 (see the second example). 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: pi ratio of circumference to diameter c speed of light e 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 astronomical unit The pound unit is not recognized as a unit of mass, the lb abbreviation is. Compound names are run together, (for example, lightyear). British units that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed with br, thus: brgallon. For a complete list of units, type cat /usr/lib/unittab EXAMPLES You have: inch You want: January 1992 1
units(1) units(1)cm * 2.540000e+00 / 3.937008e-01 You have: 15 lbs force/in2 You want: atm * 1.020689e+00 / 9.797299e-01 FILES /usr/bin/units Executable file /usr/lib/unittab Table file 2 January 1992