units(1) 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 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
Pound is not recognized as a unit of mass; lb is. Compound
names are run together, (for example, lightyear). British
units that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed
thus: brgallon. For a complete list of units, type:
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units(1) units(1)
cat /usr/share/lib/unittab
FILES
/usr/share/lib/unittab
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