units(1) — DG/UX 4.30



     units(1)                   DG/UX 4.30                    units(1)



     NAME
          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:

               You have:  inch
               You want:  cm
                       * 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:

               You have:  15 lbs force/in2
               You want:  atm
                       * 1.020689e+00
                       / 9.797299e-01

          Units makes only multiplicative scale changes; thus, it can
          convert Kelvin to Rankine, but not Celsius to Fahrenheit.
          Most familiar units, abbreviations, and metric prefixes are
          recognized.  So are 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

          Pound is not recognized as a unit of mass; lb is.  Compound
          names are run together, (e.g., lightyear).  British units
          that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed thus:
          brgallon.  For a complete list of units, type:

               cat /usr/lib/unittab

     FILES
          /usr/lib/unittab







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