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    UNITS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's 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 fashion:

    	  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 suffixed 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

    Printed 11/26/99	October 22, 1996			1

    UNITS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 UNITS(1)

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

    Printed 11/26/99	October 22, 1996			2

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