Next: Overview of units, Up: (dir) [Contents][Index]

Units Conversion ¶

This manual describes the units command for units conversion and how you can use it as a powerful scientific calculator that keeps track of units. This is Edition 2.25 of The Units Conversion Manual for units Version 2.25.

1 Overview of units
2 Interacting with units
- 2.1 Interactive Commands
3 Using units Non-Interactively
- 3.1 Finding Units
4 Unit Definitions
- 4.1 Physical Constants
- 4.2 Atomic Masses of the Elements
- 4.3 Currency Exchange Rates and Consumer Price Index
- 4.4 English Customary Units
- 4.5 Miscellaneous Notes on Unit Definitions
5 Unit Expressions
- 5.1 Operators
- 5.2 Sums and Differences of Units
- 5.3 Numbers as Units
- 5.4 Built-in Functions
- 5.5 Previous Result
- 5.6 Complicated Unit Expressions
- 5.7 Variables Assigned at Run Time
- 5.8 Backwards Compatibility: ‘*’ and ‘-’
6 Nonlinear Unit Conversions
- 6.1 Temperature Conversions
- 6.2 US Consumer Price Index
- 6.3 Other Nonlinear Units
- 6.4 Multivariate Functions
7 Unit Lists: Conversion to Sums of Units
- 7.1 Cooking Measure
- 7.2 Unit List Aliases
8 Alternative Unit Systems
- 8.1 CGS Units
- 8.2 Natural Units
- 8.3 Prompt Prefix
9 Logging Calculations
10 Invoking units
11 Setting Options Interactively
12 Scripting with units
13 Output Styles
14 Adding Your Own Definitions
- 14.1 Units Data Files
- 14.2 Defining New Units and Prefixes
- 14.3 Defining Nonlinear Units
- 14.4 Defining Piecewise Linear Units
- 14.5 Defining Multivariate Functions
- 14.6 Defining Unit List Aliases
15 Numeric Output Format
- 15.1 Format Specification
- 15.2 Flags
- 15.3 Field Width
- 15.4 Precision
16 Localization
- 16.1 Locale
- 16.2 Additional Localization
17 Environment Variables
18 Data Files
19 Unicode Support
- 19.1 Unicode Support on Windows
20 Readline Support
21 Updating Currency Exchange Rates and CPI
- 21.1 Currency Exchange Rates
- 21.2 US Consumer Price Index
- 21.3 Invoking units_cur
22 Database Command Syntax
23 GNU Free Documentation License
Index

Units Conversion ¶

Table of Contents