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      1 #	$NetBSD: README,v 1.2 1996/04/06 06:00:59 thorpej Exp $
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      3 This is a program which I wrote as a clone of the UNIX 'units'
      4 command.  I threw it together in a couple days, but it seems to work,
      5 with some restrictions.  I have tested it under DOS with Borland C and
      6 Ultrix 4.2, and SunOS 4.1.  
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      8 This program differs from the unix units program in the following
      9 ways:
     10    it can gracefully handle exponents larger than 9 in output
     11    it uses 'e' to denote exponentiation in numbers
     12    prefixes are listed in the units file
     13    it tries both -s and -es plurals
     14    it allows use of * for multiply and ^ for exponentiation in the input
     15    the output format is somewhat different
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     17 Adrian Mariano (adrian (a] cam.cornell.edu or mariano (a] geom.umn.edu)
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