2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/units.0

UNITS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 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
	       * 2.54000e+00
	       / 3.93701e-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 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 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 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/share/misc/units'.

FILES
     /usr/share/misc/units


Printed 11/26/99	October 22, 1996			1


UNITS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 UNITS(1)


BUGS
     Don't base your financial plans on the currency conversions.


Printed 11/26/99	October 22, 1996			2