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1#	$OpenBSD: README,v 1.3 1996/06/26 05:42:14 deraadt Exp $
2#	$NetBSD: README,v 1.2 1996/04/06 06:00:59 thorpej Exp $
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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.
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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
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18Adrian Mariano (adrian@cam.cornell.edu or mariano@geom.umn.edu)
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