---
name: "physicalunits"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "biosig-tools"
version: "3.9.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/physicalunits"
---

# physicalunits(1)

encodes and de-codes physical units a according to ISO/IEEE 11073-10101:2004 Tables A6.1 and A6.3 physicalunits was formerly also known under "pu".

## NAME

physicalunits - encodes and de-codes physical units a according to ISO/IEEE 11073-10101:2004 Tables A6.1 and A6.3\
   physicalunits was formerly also known under "pu".

## SYNOPSIS

  physicalunits \[units\_or\_codes\]

## DESCRIPTION

The output returns the \<physical unit\>:\<TAB\>\<decimal code\>\<TAB\>\<hexadecimal code\>\<TAB\>\<scaling\>\<TAB\>\<physical unit w/o prefix\>, where \<TAB\> represents the character ascii(9)

## Examples:

  Encoding of "microVolts", using text representation, decimal encoding and hexadecimal encoding:\
   physicalunits mV\
         uV	4275	0x10b3	1e-06	V

  physicalunits 4275\
         uV	4275	0x10b3	1e-06	V

  physicalunits 0x10b3\
         uV	4275	0x10b3	1e-06	V

  Text representation containing spaces need to be quoted\
   physicalunits "kg l-1"\
         kg l-1	2051	0x0803	1000	g l-1

  A list of units can be converted using multiple input arguments\
   physicalunits mV nA 4180 kg dag degree rpm "mol mol-1" "kg l-1"\
         mV	4274	0x10b2	0.001	V\
         nA	4180	0x1054	1e-09	A\
         nA	4180	0x1054	1e-09	A\
         kg	1731	0x06c3	1000	g\
         dag	1729	0x06c1	10	g\
         degree	736	0x02e0	1	degree\
         rpm	6816	0x1aa0	1	rpm\
         mol mol-1	864	0x0360	1	mol mol-1\
         kg l-1	2051	0x0803	1000	g l-1

   physicalunits \`seq 0 65535\` \|grep -v nan \|grep -v null\
         shows s complete table of defined units

## AUTHOR

Alois Schloegl

## REPORTING BUGS

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## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Alois Schloegl License GPLv3+:  GNU GPL version 3 or later \<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\> This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## RESOURCES

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