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units — Convert between two units of measure. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/u

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Problem

How to use the units command: Convert between two units of measure. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/units.html>.

Solution

units — Convert between two units of measure. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/units.html>.

Run in interactive mode:

units

List all units containing a specific string in interactive mode:

search {{string}}

Show the conversion between two simple units:

units {{quarts}} {{tablespoons}}

Convert between units with quantities:

units "{{15 pounds}}" {{kilograms}}

Show the conversion between two compound units:

units "{{meters / second}}" "{{inches / hour}}"

Show the conversion between units with different dimensions:

units "{{acres}}" "{{ft^2}}"

Show the conversion of byte multipliers:

units "{{15 megabytes}}" {{bytes}}

Code Snippets

Run in interactive mode

units

List all units containing a specific string in interactive mode

search {{string}}

Show the conversion between two simple units

units {{quarts}} {{tablespoons}}

Convert between units with quantities

units "{{15 pounds}}" {{kilograms}}

Show the conversion between two compound units

units "{{meters / second}}" "{{inches / hour}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/units

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