Re: Units??

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On Saturday 02 December 2006 19:25, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > According to yum:
> >
> > units.i386                               1.85-1.2.2             installed
> > Matched from:
> > A utility for converting amounts from one unit to another.
> >
> > I couldn't find it on the menu, so I tried :
> > /usr/bin/units
> > 2438 units, 71 prefixes, 32 nonlinear units
> >
> > You have:
> >
> > Clearly this is not what I intended :-)
> >
> > Question 1 - what units is this talking about?
> > Question 2 - does anyone know how I can access the 'units' converter?
> >
> > Anne
>
> Is this the program you are asking about?
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/html_node/index.html
>
> If so, you specify the units you are using, and the units you want.
> for example, you can convert feet to meters. There are also
> previsions for adding your own conversions.
>
That's the one, Mikkel.  It looks simple, once you know what it expects :-)

Thanks

Anne

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