1units(1)                         User Commands                        units(1)
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NAME

6       units  -  converts  quantities  expressed  in  standard scales to other
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SYNOPSIS

10       units
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DESCRIPTION

14       units converts quantities expressed in various standard scales to their
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17         You have:~~inch
18         You want:~~cm
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25       A  quantity  is  specified  as  a  multiplicative  combination of units
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29         You have:~~15 lbs force/in2
30         You want:~~atm
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37       units  only  does  multiplicative  scale  changes;  thus it can convert
38       Kelvin to Rankine, but not Celsius to Fahrenheit. Most familiar  units,
39       abbreviations, and metric prefixes are recognized, together with a gen‐
40       erous leavening of exotica and a few constants of nature including:
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67       Pound is not recognized as a unit of mass; lb is.  Compound  names  are
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FILES

76       /usr/share/lib/unittab
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ATTRIBUTES

79       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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84       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
85       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
86       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
87       │Availability                 │SUNWesu                      │
88       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

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95SunOS 5.11                        14 Sep 1992                         units(1)
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