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UNITS(1)UNITS(1) +
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+

NAME
+ +
+ + units – conversion program
+ +
+

SYNOPSIS
+ +
+ + units [ −v ] [ file ]
+ +
+

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
+ +
+ + * 2.54
+ / 0.393701
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ + + +
+ +
+ A quantity is specified as a multiplicative combination of units + and floating point numbers. Operators have the following precedence:
+ +
+ + + −             add and subtract
+ * / x ÷           multiply and divide
+ catenation         multiply
+ ² ³ ^            exponentiation
+ |               divide
+ ( ... )            grouping
+ +
+ + +
+ Most familiar units, abbreviations, and metric prefixes are recognized, + together with a generous leavening of exotica and a few constants + of nature including:
+ +
+ + pi,π      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
+ +
+ + +
+ The 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, etc. +
+ + The complete list of units can be found in /usr/local/plan9/lib/units. + A file argument to units specifies a file to be used instead of + /usr/local/plan9/lib/units. The −v flag causes units to print + its entire database.
+ +
+

EXAMPLE
+ +
+ + you have: 15 pounds force/in²
+ you want: atm
+ +
+ + * 1.02069
+ / .97973
+ +
+ +
+

FILES
+ +
+ + /usr/local/plan9/lib/units
+ +
+

SOURCE
+ +
+ + /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/units.y
+ +
+

BUGS
+ +
+ + Since units does only multiplicative scale changes, it can convert + Kelvin to Rankine but not Centigrade to Fahrenheit. +
+ + Currency conversions are only as accurate as the last time someone + updated the database.
+ +
+ +

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