units(1)
NAME
units - converts quantities expressed in standard scales to
other scales
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:
cat /usr/share/lib/unittab
FILES
/usr/share/lib/unittab
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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| Availability | SUNWesu |
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SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
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