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Eitan Adler 5192ff4547 units(1): add long options 
Things brings additional compatibility with units 2.10

Discussed with:	wblock (man page)
2014-07-04 21:21:05 +00:00
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Makefile units(1): add libedit support 2014-04-14 14:04:59 +00:00
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units.1 units(1): add long options 2014-07-04 21:21:05 +00:00
units.c units(1): add long options 2014-07-04 21:21:05 +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)