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# $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/units/README,v 1.4.50.1 2008/10/02 02:57:24 kensmith Exp $
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)
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