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_’ to use result of previous conversionPrevious Result

-
-’ as multiplication operatorBackwards Compatibility
-’ as subtraction operatorSums and Differences of Units
--check (option for units)Invoking Units
--check-verbose (option for units)Invoking Units
--compact (option for units)Invoking Units
--conformable (option for units)Invoking Units
--digits (option for units)Invoking Units
--exponential (option for units)Invoking Units
--file (option for units)Invoking Units
--help (option for units)Invoking Units
--history (option for units)Invoking Units
--info (option for units)Invoking Units
--list-units (option for units)Invoking Units
--locale (option for units)Invoking Units
--log (option for units)Invoking Units
--minus (option for units)Invoking Units
--newstar (option for units)Invoking Units
--oldstar (option for units)Invoking Units
--one-line (option for units)Invoking Units
--output-format (option for units)Invoking Units
--product (option for units)Invoking Units
--quiet (option for units)Invoking Units
--silent (option for units)Invoking Units
--strict (option for units)Invoking Units
--terse (option for units)Invoking Units
--units (option for units)Invoking Units
--unitsfile (option for units)Invoking Units
--verbose (option for units)Invoking Units
--verbose-check (option for units)Invoking Units
--version (option for units)Invoking Units
-1 (option for units)Invoking Units
-c (option for units)Invoking Units
-d (option for units)Invoking Units
-e (option for units)Invoking Units
-f (option for units)Invoking Units
-H (option for units)Invoking Units
-h (option for units)Invoking Units
-I (option for units)Invoking Units
-L (option for units)Invoking Units
-l (option for units)Invoking Units
-m (option for units)Invoking Units
-o (option for units)Invoking Units
-p (option for units)Invoking Units
-q (option for units)Invoking Units
-s (option for units)Invoking Units
-t (option for units)Invoking Units
-U (option for units)Invoking Units
-u (option for units)Invoking Units
-v (option for units)Invoking Units
-V (option for units)Invoking Units

:
:=’ operatorVariables Assigned at Run Time

!
!’ to indicate primitive unitsDefining New Units
!endlocaleLocalization
!endutf8Unicode Support
!includeUnits Data Files
!localeLocalization
!unitlistDefining Unit List Aliases
!utf8Unicode Support

?
?’ for unit completion with readlineReadline Support
?’ to show conformable unitsInteractive Use

*
*’ operatorOperators
**’ operatorOperators

+
+’ operatorSums and Differences of Units

=
=’ operatorVariables Assigned at Run Time
=’ operatorVariables Assigned at Run Time

|
|’ operatorOperators

A
abrasive grit sizeOther Nonlinear Units
addition of unitsSums and Differences of Units
additional units data filesUnits Data Files
American Wire Gauge (AWG)Other Nonlinear Units

B
backwards compatibilityBackwards Compatibility
British Imperial measureUnit Definitions
built-in functionsBuilt-in Functions

C
CGS Units SystemsCGS Units Systems
CGS units, prompt prefixPrompt Prefix
CGS units, specifyingSpecifying CGS Units
CGS units, usingCGS Units
circle, area ofOther Nonlinear Units
command-line optionsInvoking Units
command-line unit conversionCommand Line Use
command, ‘!’ to indicate primitive unitsDefining New Units
command, ‘!endlocaleLocalization
command, ‘!endutf8Unicode Support
command, ‘!endvarLocalization
command, ‘!includeUnits Data Files
command, ‘!localeLocalization
command, ‘!messageLocalization
command, ‘!setLocalization
command, ‘!unitlistDefining Unit List Aliases
command, ‘!utf8Unicode Support
command, ‘!varLocalization
command, ‘!varnotLocalization
commands in units databaseDatabase Syntax
commands, interactiveInteractive Commands
compatibilityBackwards Compatibility
compatibility with earlier versionsBackwards Compatibility
completion, unit, using ‘?’ (readline only)Readline Support
conformable units, ‘?’ to showInteractive Use
Consumer Price IndexUS Consumer Price Index
CPIUS Consumer Price Index
CPI, updatingCurrency
currency, updatingCurrency

D
Darcy–Weisbach equationComplicated Unit Expressions
data filesData Files
data files, additionalUnits Data Files
database syntax summaryDatabase Syntax
defining multivariate functionsDefining Multivariate Functions
defining nonlinear unitsDefining Nonlinear Units
defining piecewise linear unitsPiecewise Linear Units
defining prefixesDefining New Units
defining unit list aliasesDefining Unit List Aliases
defining unitsDefining New Units
defining units with ‘-’Backwards Compatibility
differences of unitsSums and Differences of Units
dimensionless unitsInteractive Use
dimensionless units, definingDefining New Units
division of numbersOperators
division of unitsOperators
domain, nonlinear unit definitionsDefining Nonlinear Units

E
environment dependent definitionsLocalization
environment variable, HOMEEnvironment Vars
environment variable, LANGEnvironment Vars
environment variable, LC_CTYPEEnvironment Vars
environment variable, MYUNITSFILEUnits Data Files
environment variable, MYUNITSFILEEnvironment Vars
environment variable, PAGEREnvironment Vars
environment variable, UNITS_ENGLISHEnvironment Vars
environment variable, UNITS_SYSTEMEnvironment Vars
environment variable, UNITSFILEEnvironment Vars
environment variable, UNITSLOCALEMAPEnvironment Vars
environment variablesEnvironment Vars
exchange rates, updatingCurrency
exponent operatorOperators

F
files, dataData Files
finding unitsFinding Units
flags, output formatFlags
format specification, outputFormat Specification
fractions, numericalOperators
functions of unitsDefining Nonlinear Units
functions, built inBuilt-in Functions
functions, multivariateDefining Multivariate Functions

H
helpInteractive Commands
helpEnvironment Vars
HOME environment variableEnvironment Vars
hyphen as multiplication operatorBackwards Compatibility

I
Imperial measureUnit Definitions
include filesDefining New Units
including additional units data filesUnits Data Files
incompatible unitsInteractive Use
infoInteractive Commands
interactive commandsInteractive Commands
interactive useInteractive Use
international mileUnit Definitions
international yardUnit Definitions
invoking unitsInvoking Units
iron pipe size (IPS)Other Nonlinear Units

L
LANG environment variableEnvironment Vars
LC_CTYPE environment variableEnvironment Vars
length measure, English customaryUnit Definitions
length measure, UKUnit Definitions
linear interpolationPiecewise Linear Units
localeLocale
locale_map.txtLocale
localizationLocalization
log fileLogging Calculations
logging calculationsLogging Calculations
logsBuilt-in Functions

M
measure, ImperialUnit Definitions
mile, internationalUnit Definitions
minus (‘-’) operator, subtractionSums and Differences of Units
multiplication of unitsOperators
multiplication, hyphenBackwards Compatibility
multivariate functionsMultivariate Functions
multivariate functions, definingDefining Multivariate Functions
MYUNITSFILE environment variableUnits Data Files
MYUNITSFILE environment variableEnvironment Vars

N
Natural units, usingNatural Units
nominal pipe size (NPS)Other Nonlinear Units
non-conformable unitsInteractive Use
non-interactive unit conversionCommand Line Use
nonlinear unit conversionsNonlinear Conversions
nonlinear unit conversionsDefining Nonlinear Units
nonlinear units, definingDefining Nonlinear Units
nonlinear units, otherOther Nonlinear Units
numbers as unitsNumbers as Units
numeric output formatNumeric Output Format
numerical fractionsOperators

O
operator precedenceOperators
operator, ‘:=Variables Assigned at Run Time
operator, (‘**’)Operators
operator, ‘=Variables Assigned at Run Time
operator, ‘=Variables Assigned at Run Time
operator, caret (‘^’)Operators
operator, hyphen (‘-’) as multiplicationBackwards Compatibility
operator, hyphen (‘-’) as subtractionSums and Differences of Units
operator, minus (‘-’)Sums and Differences of Units
operator, ‘perOperators
operator, plus (‘+’)Sums and Differences of Units
operator, slash (‘/’)Operators
operator, solidus (‘/’)Operators
operator, spaceOperators
operator, star (‘*’)Operators
operator, vertical bar (‘|’)Operators
operatorsOperators
options, setting interactivelySetting Options Interactively
output field widthField Width
output formatNumeric Output Format
output format flagsFlags
output format specificationFormat Specification
output precisionPrecision

P
PAGER environment variableEnvironment Vars
parenthesesOperators
parenthesesOperators
parenthesesOperators
parenthesesSums and Differences of Units
parenthesesComplicated Unit Expressions
parenthesesDefining New Units
parenthesesDefining New Units
parenthesesDefining Nonlinear Units
per’ operatorOperators
personal units data fileUnits Data Files
piecewise linear unitsPiecewise Linear Units
pipe sizeOther Nonlinear Units
plus (‘+’) operatorSums and Differences of Units
powersOperators
precision, outputPrecision
prefixesUnit Definitions
prefixes and exponentsOperators
prefixes, definition ofDefining New Units
previous resultPrevious Result
primitive unitsDefining New Units
products of unitsOperators
prompt prefix with CGS unitsPrompt Prefix

Q
quotients of unitsOperators

R
range, nonlinear unit definitionsDefining Nonlinear Units
readline, use with unitsReadline Support
reciprocal conversionInteractive Use
rootsBuilt-in Functions
runtime variablesVariables Assigned at Run Time

S
scripting with unitsScripting with Units
searchInteractive Commands
setSetting Options Interactively
setlocale functionLocale
setting options interactivelySetting Options Interactively
slash (‘/’) operatorOperators
solidus (‘/’) operatorOperators
sphere, volume ofOther Nonlinear Units
square rootsBuilt-in Functions
star (‘*’) operatorOperators
State Plane Coordinate System, USUnit Definitions
strict conversionInteractive Use
subtraction of unitsSums and Differences of Units
sums and differences of unitsSums and Differences of Units
sums of unitsSums and Differences of Units
sums of unitsUnit Lists
survey foot, USUnit Definitions
survey measure, USUnit Definitions
survey mile, USUnit Definitions
syntax of units databaseDatabase Syntax

T
temperature conversionsTemperature Conversions

U
Unicode supportUnicode Support
unit completion using ‘?’ (readline only)Readline Support
unit definitionsUnit Definitions
unit expressionsUnit Expressions
unit expressions, complicatedComplicated Unit Expressions
unit list aliasesUnit Lists
unit list aliases, definingDefining Unit List Aliases
unit listsUnit Lists
unit name completionReadline Support
units data file, personalUnits Data Files
units data files, additionalUnits Data Files
units definitions, addingDefining New Units
units definitions, changingDefining New Units
units functionsDefining Nonlinear Units
units quotientsOperators
units systems, CGSCGS Units Systems
UNITS_ENGLISH environment variableEnvironment Vars
UNITS_SYSTEM environment variableEnvironment Vars
units, definition ofDefining New Units
units, English customaryUnit Definitions
units, lookup methodUnit Definitions
units, piecewise linearPiecewise Linear Units
units, primitiveDefining New Units
units, sums and differencesSums and Differences of Units
units, sums ofUnit Lists
units, US customaryUnit Definitions
UNITSFILE environment variableEnvironment Vars
UNITSLOCALEMAP environment variableEnvironment Vars
US Consumer Price IndexUS Consumer Price Index
US State Plane Coordinate SystemUnit Definitions
US survey footUnit Definitions
US survey measureUnit Definitions
US survey mileUnit Definitions
UTF-8Unicode Support

V
variables assigned at run timeVariables Assigned at Run Time
verbose outputInteractive Use
verbose outputInteractive Use
versionInteractive Commands
vertical bar (‘|’) operatorOperators
volume measure, English customaryUnit Definitions

W
white spaceOperators
white spacePrevious Result
wire gaugeOther Nonlinear Units
wire sizeOther Nonlinear Units

Y
yard, internationalUnit Definitions