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
        * 2.540000e+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. pound refers to a British pound. Compound names are run together (for instance, lightyear). British units that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed thus: brgallon. Currency is denoted belgiumfranc, britainpound, ... For a complete list of units, type:

    cat /usr/lib/units

FILES
/usr/lib/units

BUGS
Do not base your financial plans on the currency conversions.