conv

General purpose converter (numeral systems, weights and measures etc.)

About:

Conv converts input value to desired output value

Usage: conv [OPTION]... -i input_type -o desired_output_type [VALUE]

options:

-h	 --help
-l	 --printlist
-p	 --precision
-v	 --verbose

Supported conversions:

Numeral systems:
---------------

* Binary
* Decimal
* Octal
* Hexadecimal 


Systems of units of measurement:
--------------------------------

* SI system
* US customary


Temperature:
------------

* Celsius
* Kelvin
* Fahrenheit

Install:

Necessary prerequisites:

• gcc compiler
• make

To install from source run:

make
make install

To change location of executable after installation (currently set to conv's source dir) set INSTALL_DIR variable in Makefile to desired install path.

To uninstall run:

make uninstall

Examples:

Get a list of all conversions

[user@machine]$ ./conv --printlist
 system          quantity                                  unit symbol
==============================================================================
 US customary    volume                                hogshead (hogshead)
 US customary    volume                              oil barrel (oil bbl)
 US customary    volume                                  barrel (bbl)
 US customary    volume                                  gallon (gal)
 US customary    volume                                   quart (qt)
...

Convert 30 degrees Celsius to Kelvin

[user@machine]$ ./conv -i C -o K -n 30
303.15

Convert decimal number 1234 to binary

[user@machine]$ ./conv -i dec -o bin -n 1234
10011010010

Author:

Марко Пантелић (Marko Pantelić) marko_pantelic@mail.com