So basically you're asking for a command line equivalent to the '?' interactive command?
You have: FORCE You want: ? FORCE newton Mag Maz gravity N newton dyn dyne dyne cm gram / s^2 funal sthene kgf kg force kip 1000 lbf kp kilopond lbf lb force newton kg m / s^2 nt N ouncedal oz ft / s^2 pdl poundal pond gram force poundal lb ft / s^2 slinchf slinch force slugf slug force sthene tonne m / s^2 tondal longton ft / s^2 tonf ton force On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:45 AM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote: > X-debbugs-Cc: adri...@gnu.org > Package: units > Version: 2.19-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Idea: > Let's say we found some mysterious scale, but cannot figure out what > units it is reporting in. > > We reach into our pocket and place an e.g., 3.75 gram coin upon it... > Let's say we observe the scale says "0.120". Well running > > $ for i in pound dram carat grain oz tailiang kin liang troypound \ > troyounce pennyweight jewelerspoint momme g apscruple;\ > do units --one-line --verbose 3.75g $i; done | sort -k 3n | column -t > 3.75g = 0.00625 kin > 3.75g = 0.0082673348 pound > 3.75g = 0.010047108 troypound > 3.75g = 0.036075643 liang > 3.75g = 0.1 tailiang > 3.75g = 0.1205653 troyounce > 3.75g = 0.13227736 oz > 3.75g = 1 momme > 3.75g = 2.1164377 dram > 3.75g = 2.411306 pennyweight > 3.75g = 2.8935672 apscruple > 3.75g = 3.75 g > 3.75g = 18.75 carat > 3.75g = 57.871344 grain > 3.75g = 1875 jewelerspoint > > tells us the scale is probably talking in troyounces! > > Problem is: all weight related units are hopelessly scattered around the > units file. We need to find each one by hand. > > Well with a new --conformable flag, we could instead do > $ for i in $(units --conformable g); do ... > for the same effect. > > $ units --conformable feet > yard km ft m mile .... > > $ units --conformable gallon > liter pint gallon ... >
