On Saturday 02 December 2006 19:25, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > According to yum: > > > > units.i386 1.85-1.2.2 installed > > Matched from: > > A utility for converting amounts from one unit to another. > > > > I couldn't find it on the menu, so I tried : > > /usr/bin/units > > 2438 units, 71 prefixes, 32 nonlinear units > > > > You have: > > > > Clearly this is not what I intended :-) > > > > Question 1 - what units is this talking about? > > Question 2 - does anyone know how I can access the 'units' converter? > > > > Anne > > Is this the program you are asking about? > > http://www.gnu.org/software/units/manual/html_node/index.html > > If so, you specify the units you are using, and the units you want. > for example, you can convert feet to meters. There are also > previsions for adding your own conversions. > That's the one, Mikkel. It looks simple, once you know what it expects :-) Thanks Anne
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