bsd man page for units

UNITS(1)						      General Commands 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 fash-
       ion:

	    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 suf-
       fixed 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

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

7th Edition							 October 22, 1996							  UNITS(1)