unitconv(1)

unitconv1

Simple energy and length units converter

Usage

unitconv [unit] value

unitconv [unit] expression

Overview

unitconv is a simple energy and length units converter (written in Tcl). It is a utility program of xcrysden package (http://www.xcrysden.org/).

Energy units

The following energy units are supported. The following list contain the "unit -- description" pairs, where the unit is to be specified on the command line.

au -- Hartree
ry -- Rydberg
ev -- eV (electron volt)
kjm -- kJ/mol
kj -- kJ
kcalm -- kcal/mol
kcal -- kcal

Length units

The following length units are supported (usage as above):

angs -- Angstrom
bohr -- Bohr radius
m -- meter

Examples

Convert a value from eV to other energy units:

unitconv ev 3.25

Calculate an expression (values in Rydberg unit) and convert to other energy units (note that expression must be quoted):

unitconv ry "-103.134567 - (-240.691356 - -2*17.543471)/2"

In expression also mathematical functions available in tclsh can be used.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7–9
  2. 11–13

From xcrysden 1.6.2-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.