1# $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/units/README,v 1.4 1999/08/28 01:07:09 peter Exp $ 2# $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/units/README,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:33 dillon Exp $ 3 4This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units' 5command. I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work, 6with some restrictions. I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and 7Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1. 8 9This program differs from the unix units program in the following 10ways: 11 it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output 12 it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers 13 prefixes are listed in the units file 14 it tries both -s and -es plurals 15 it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input 16 the output format is somewhat different 17 18Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu) 19 20