On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:51:30AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > X-debbugs-Cc: adr...@cam.cornell.edu > Package: units > Version: 1.87-2 > Severity: wishlist > > Perhaps add a units --list to list all units the program knows about, > even though there are much better ways to get that info. > Still, users will be looking for it. > > Or at least on the --help message add > To list all the units the units program knows about, do ....
I don't believe there is any fully automated "nice" way to produce such a list. I guess a question is why you want the list. Something like this will display the database: more `./units --version | sed -n 's/.*database in //p'` That's good for humans, but not people. You can get that same result by doing "help <meter>" though you might have issues with paging backwards in some pagers. I could add a line to the help that says: "To see the units definitions look in the file <filename>." Doing "units --check-verbose" will give you a list of all units but it's a bit cluttered (and more so if there are any errors). I suppose this might serve: ./units --check-verbose | sed -n "s/doing '\(.*\)'/\1/p" >From within the program you can do "search a" for example to get all units containing "a", but there's no way to get *all* units. This list is formatted in two columns with the definition on the right. A simple list of all the units is a bit much for human consumption. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
