150477Speter# $FreeBSD: releng/11.0/usr.bin/units/README 50477 1999-08-28 01:08:13Z peter $
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316186SalexThis is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
416186Salexcommand.  I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
516186Salexwith some restrictions.  I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
616186SalexUltrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.  
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816186SalexThis program differs from the unix units program in the following
916186Salexways:
1016186Salex   it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
1116186Salex   it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
1216186Salex   prefixes are listed in the units file
1316186Salex   it tries both -s and -es plurals
1416186Salex   it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
1516186Salex   the output format is somewhat different
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1716186SalexAdrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)
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