units

 

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 User Commands                                            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.
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 User Commands                                            units(1)
 
 
 
      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       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWesu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    2
 
 
 

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