units(1)							   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 fash-
       ion:

	 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  suf-
       fixed 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 attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							  units(1)