X-Debbugs-Cc: adri...@gnu.org Package: units Version: 2.23-1 Severity: wishlist
It seems that a big lack of the units program, is access to the user's own input after he inputs it. Often one needs access to the original input value, and currently must use workarounds. $ for i in `seq 5`; do echo -n "$i mi = "; units --terse ${i}mi km; done|sed 's/$/ km/' 1 mi = 1.609344 km 2 mi = 3.218688 km 3 mi = 4.828032 km 4 mi = 6.437376 km 5 mi = 8.04672 km Maybe allow something like $ for i in `seq 5`; do units --printf "%d{input} mi = %f{output} km\n" ${i}mi km; done I don't know.