In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
On Mon, 1 May 2006 16:37:27 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in ::
You non-Unix/non-Mac users don't know what you're missing:

[tomblin@chicago ~]$ units
2084 units, 71 prefixes, 32 nonlinear units

You have: 250 knots
You want: feet per 6 seconds
* 2531.7148
/ 0.0003949892
You have: ^D
[tomblin@chicago ~]$

250 knots is 2531.7 feet in 6 seconds.


I've been a Unix SysAdm since '84, but your response is too arcane for
me. What is that 'bc' or something?

No, it's units(1). Just like it says after the prompt.


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