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4.2. Specifying angles on command lines

In the human world of the command line, angles will always be represented in degrees, optionally with minutes and seconds, in one of these forms: 

NN.NNNd
NNdNN.NNNm
NNdNNmNN.NNNs

Examples: 

0.0036782d
14d08m
14d08.37m
131d50m03.0017s
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