Re: [CentOS] units command, crazy output

2020-12-30 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 06:20:28PM -0500, Fred wrote: > whenever I use the units command from a script, e.g.: > > elapsed=86500 > echo elapsed time: `units "$elapsed sec" hms` > elapsed time: *Currency exchange rates from 2012-10-24* 24 hr + 1 min + 40 > sec > > the man page even says it outputs

[CentOS] units command, crazy output

2020-12-30 Thread Fred
whenever I use the units command from a script, e.g.: elapsed=86500 echo elapsed time: `units "$elapsed sec" hms` elapsed time: *Currency exchange rates from 2012-10-24* 24 hr + 1 min + 40 sec the man page even says it outputs that when run without arguments. My question is why in the world does