rink1
Unit calculator and dimensional analysis tool
Synposis
rink rink [EXPR]... rink -f <FILE> rink (-h | -V | --config-path)
Overview
Rink is a unit conversion and calculation tool which can be used for both small and simple arithmetic and more complex dimensionality analysis and other tasks.
Options
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--config-path -
Prints a path to the config file, then exits.
--fetch-currency: Fetches the latest version of the currency data, then exits. Can be used as part of a cron job, possibly together with setting currency.cache_expiration_enabled to false.
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-f, --file <file> -
Reads expressions from a file, one per line, printing them to stdout and then exitting.
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-h, --help -
Print help information and then exits.
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-V, --version -
Prints the current version and then exits.
Exit status
Returns 0 unless an error prevented rink from starting up.
Environment
NO_COLORS
If set to a non-empty string, rink will disable colored text rendering.
Files
Rink looks for a configuration file in $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/rink/config.toml, see rink(5).
Rink relies on some data files, which are found using a search path. See rink-defs(5) and rink-dates(5).
Downloaded currency data is saved in $XDG_CACHE_DIR/rink/currency.json.