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 units(1)                                                           units(1)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      units - conversion program

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      units [- file]

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      units converts quantities expressed in various standard scales to
      their equivalents in other scales.  It works interactively as follows:

           System Prompt       User Response

           You have:           inch
           You want:           cm

      The system responds with two factors; one used if multiplying
      (preceded by *), the other if dividing (preceded by /):

           * 2.540000e+00
           / 3.937008e-01

      After providing the conversion factors, units prompts for the next set
      of values.  To terminate units, press the interrupt character as
      defined for your login.

      A quantity is specified as a multiplicative combination of units
      optionally preceded by a numeric multiplier.  Powers are indicated by
      suffixed positive integers, and division by the usual sign:

           System Prompt       User Response

           You have:           15 lbs force/in2
           You want:           atm

      The system responds with:

           * 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,




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 units(1)                                                           units(1)




           water     pressure head per unit height of water,
           au        astronomical unit.

      Units must be provided in lowercase only.  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, examine
      the file:

           /usr/share/lib/unittab

      An alternate unit database file can be specified for use with the -
       file option.  units looks in this file rather than the default
      /usr/share/lib/unittab for the table of conversions.  This must be in
      the same format as /usr/share/lib/unittab.  This is useful in defining
      your own units and conversions.

 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      The monetary exchange rates are out of date.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /usr/share/lib/unittab


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