On 02/23/2017 03:35 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > Didn't know that. But then, I have not needed to venture past > "Unix is the (multifaceted) IDE". ;-) > > $ units > 2526 units, 72 prefixes, 56 nonlinear units > > You have: 44 mm * sqrt(3)/3 > You want: inches > * 1.0001343 > / 0.99986569 > > The manpage has interesting examples, such as converting grains to > aeginamina, and just finding what a jansky is. I sometimes use the > wiregauge to mm conversion. > > And for Gene, it is happy to convert: > > You have: furlongs per fortnight > You want: m/s > * 0.00016630986 > / 6012.8727 > > (Add --verbose to the invocation if the output is too cryptic.) > > Erik
Damn. According to 'units' I have a few too many jansky's running around the house here. Not to worry though. According to the man page, jansky's can be absorbed by copious quantities of aeginamina. Whew. Thankfully. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
