term% cat index.txt UNITS(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual UNITS(7)
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
* 2.54000e+00
/ 3.93701e-01
A quantity is specified as a multiplicative combination of units op‐
tionally preceded by a numeric multiplier. Powers are indicated by
suffixed positive integers, division by the usual sign:
You have: 15 pounds force/in2
You want: atm
* 1.02069e+00
/ 9.79730e-01
Units only does multiplicative scale changes. Thus it can convert
Kelvin to Rankine, but not Centigrade to Fahrenheit. Most familiar
units, abbreviations, and metric prefixes are recognized, together with
a generous leavening of exotica and a few constants of nature includ‐
ing:
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 a unit of mass. Compound names are run together, e.g.
‘lightyear'. British units that differ from their US counterparts are
prefixed thus: ‘brgallon'. Currency is denoted ‘belgiumfranc',
‘britainpound', ...
For a complete list of units, ‘cat /usr/lib/units'.
FILES
/usr/lib/units
BUGS
Don't base your financial plans on the currency conversions.
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