UNIX: Using 'units' to Help Measure and Time Things!

by drocko

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Intro: UNIX: Using 'units' to Help Measure and Time Things!

In this video I'll go over using the unix program called units. It's for converting measurements from one unit type to another. It's a simple program but very powerful. This should be enough to get you off the ground when it comes to using it. units became one of my top used tools shortly after discovering it. It's probably fourth after ssh, grep, and vim.

7 Comments

fennecfanatic 14 years ago

units is an incredibly useful tool, but I mostly just use it to mess with people.
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GEEK1 15 years ago

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GEEK1 15 years ago

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charliemiller 16 years ago

Hey drocko, are you familiar with the "banner" tool? I find it incredibly useful in my day-to-day.

davidturner666 16 years ago

This is so useful-i love it. Free Linux ubuntu for the win!

zachninme 16 years ago

Wow, I'm surprised its so high on your list... cd or ls is probably my highgest. Then rm, echo, cat, sed, grep, vim...

drocko 16 years ago

Actually you're right. I'm a big fan of cd, ls, cd, ls, waiting 5 minutes, ls, ls, ls etc etc. Hah!