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| author |   jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2011-10-08 20:41:12 +0000 |
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| committer | jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2011-10-08 20:41:12 +0000 |
| commit | bb7ceb9ebacb23218034a330c80d1916d2345e54 (patch) | |
| tree | e3bcc441ac5685a33f08f55731da8b5e9a5eddc7 | |
| parent | return the old behaviour for "more": (diff) | |
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explain units' output a little more clearly;
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/units/units.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/units/units.1 b/usr.bin/units/units.1 index 65a8cc262a0..db43aedfa86 100644 --- a/usr.bin/units/units.1 +++ b/usr.bin/units/units.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: units.1,v 1.23 2011/10/06 19:58:47 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: units.1,v 1.24 2011/10/08 20:41:12 jmc Exp $ .\" converted to new format by deraadt@openbsd.org .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1993 by Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" I would appreciate (though I do not require) receiving a copy of any .\" improvements you might make to this program. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 6 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 8 2011 $ .Dt UNITS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ program can only handle multiplicative scale changes. It cannot convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, for example. It also does not handle logarithmic units such as bels. -It works interactively by prompting the user for input: +.Pp +.Nm +works interactively by prompting the user for input: .Bd -literal -offset indent You have: meters You want: feet @@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ You want: gallons / 3785.4118 .Ed .Pp +That is, one meter equals roughly 3.28 feet +(or, conversely, one foot is roughly equal to 0.3 meters), +and one gallon is roughly equal to 3785 cubic cm. +.Pp The .Nm program can handle numbers as well: @@ -60,14 +66,14 @@ You want: km/hr * 96.56064 / 0.010356187 -You have: 5 austriaschilling -You want: 100 italylira - * 7.0357114 - / 0.14213204 +You have: 100 USD +You want: 10 euro + * 7.4354971 + / 0.13449 .Ed .Pp -In other words, 60 miles per hour is about 96.6 km/hr, and 5 Austrian -Schillings will get you seven 100-Lira coins. +In other words, 60 miles per hour is about 96.6 km/hr, +and 100 US dollars will get you seven 10-Euro notes. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds |