UNITS(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		      UNITS(1)

     NAME
	  units - conversion program

     SYNOPSIS
	  units

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/STANDARD

	  Origin:   System V

     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, and 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.   Compound
	  names	 are  run  together, (e.g., lightyear).	 British units
	  that differ from their U.S. counterparts are prefixed	 thus:
	  brgallon.  For a complete list of units, type:

	       cat /usr/lib/unittab
     FILES
	  /usr/lib/unittab

     BUGS
	  units(1) expects the	singular  form	of  each  unit	to  be
	  entered, but will attempt to form the singular by deleting a
	  trailing "s" if the singular form is not found.  Thus,  some
	  plurals will be correctly recognized, while others will not.