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Eitan Adler 6d12a83408 units(1): make -V print version instead of -v The units program is likely little used. It is even less likely that a script will want the units program to print out its version number by passing -v. GNU units uses -V for version and -v for verbosity. Increase compatibility between these two versions (written by the same author) by switching our flag as well. Take this opportunity to remove bogus information about the version number and just call it 'FreeBSD units'. Discussed with: cperciva, rwatson		2014-04-07 02:31:10 +00:00
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units.1	units(1): make -V print version instead of -v	2014-04-07 02:31:10 +00:00
units.c	units(1): make -V print version instead of -v	2014-04-07 02:31:10 +00:00
units.lib	units(1): fix spelling	2014-04-07 01:52:35 +00:00

README

# $FreeBSD$

This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
command.  I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
with some restrictions.  I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.  

This program differs from the unix units program in the following
ways:
   it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
   it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
   prefixes are listed in the units file
   it tries both -s and -es plurals
   it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
   the output format is somewhat different

Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)