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kragen posted a several of excellent comments highlighting the capabilities of GNU Units a couple of months back, these two in particular: <https://news.ycombi
by dredmorbius 3y ago
kragen posted a several of excellent comments highlighting the capabilities of GNU Units a couple of months back, these two in particular:
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36988917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36988917>
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36995046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36995046>
And Trey Harris's "500 mile email" story is what clued me on to GNU units and its capabilities.
Reminder: if you're on MacOS, or one of the BSDs, your default units is from BSD, not the GNU version, and is far less capable. GNU units can be installed on MacOS through Homebrew. The package is "gnu-units", the command is "gunits" once installed.
Edit: Corrected Homebrew package name.
- RobotToaster 3y agoIt's also in chocolatey for windows
- dredmorbius 3y agoShould also be in Cygwin as well as be installable through WSL. (I've not touched MS Windows in a couple of decades now.)
- dementik 3y agoActually, brew install gnu-units
- dredmorbius 3y agoGah! Thanks, corrected above. (I run the command far more often than I install the package.)
- chungy 3y agoGNU Units is also available in FreeBSD ports, just type "pkg install units" (or go to /usr/ports/math/units and "make install"). It likewise gets the binary name "gunits"