


      UNITS(1)                    (UNIX 5.0)                   UNITS(1)



      NAME
           units - conversion program

      SYNTAX
           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, (e.g.  lightyear).  British units
           that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed thus:
           brgallon.  For a complete list of units, type:

                cat /usr/lib/unittab

      FILES
           /usr/lib/unittab






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