UNITS(1) DOMAIN/IX SYS5 UNITS(1)
NAME
units - conversion program
USAGE
units
DESCRIPTION
Units converts quantities expressed in various standard
scales to their equivalents in other scales. It works
interactively, prompting you for information.
Units specifies a quantity as a multiplicative combination
of units optionally preceded by a numeric multiplier. It
indicates powers by suffixed positive integers, and division
by the usual sign.
Units does only multiplicative scale changes; it can convert
Kelvin to Rankine, but cannot convert Celsius to Fahrenheit.
Most familiar units, abbreviations, and metric prefixes are
recognized, along with some others including the following:
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, (e.g., lightyear). British units
that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed like
this: brgallon.
EXAMPLES
You have: inch
You want: cm
* 2.54000e+01
/ 3.93701e+00
You have: feet
You want: mile
* 0.189394e-03
/ 0.528000e+04
FILES
/usr/lib/unittab complete list of units
Printed 12/4/86 UNITS-1