Bug#123403: ITP: libconvert-units-perl - Perl module for performing unit conversions

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

What does this do that 'units' doesn't do?

  USING `UNITS' NON-INTERACTIVELY
       The `units' program can  perform  units  conversions  non-
       interactively from the command line.  To do this, type the
       command, type the original units expression, and type  the
       new units you want.  You will probably need to protect the
       units expressions from interpretation by the  shell  using
       single quote characters.

       If you type

           units '2 liters' 'quarts'

       then `units' will print

               * 2.1133764
               / 0.47317647

       and  then  exit.   The  output  tells you that 2 liters is
       about 2.1 quarts, or alternatively that a quart  is  about
       0.47 times 2 liters.

       If  the conversion is successful, then `units' will return
       success (0) to the calling  environment.   If  `units'  is
       given  non-conformable  units  to convert, it will print a
       message giving the reduced form of each unit and  it  will
       return failure (nonzero) to the calling environment.

       When  `units'  is  invoked with only one argument, it will
       print out the definition of the specified unit.   It  will
       return  failure  if the unit is not defined and success if
       the unit is defined.

-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin