diff --git a/inc_pluginfunctions b/inc_pluginfunctions
index 46f86fbfe096506923c79061d54956cad29bc28a..39f583841f7afcb7545f719b5f9992743a451d73 100644
--- a/inc_pluginfunctions
+++ b/inc_pluginfunctions
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2016-09-23 added getOS
# 2019-10-29 added setExitcode
-# 2020-03-05 v1.2 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> switch to ph.* helper functions
-# 2020-09-01 v1.3 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> added ph.hasParamoption
-# 2022-08-31 v1.4 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> shellfix corrections
-# 2022-10-25 v1.5 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> handle empty value in ph.perfadd
-# 2023-01-30 v1.6 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> check performance params 5+6 and show a warning if missing
-# 2023-02-16 v1.7 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> adding a generic min and max value did not really help
-# 2023-04-24 v1.8 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> fix unit conversion
-# 2023-05-05 v1.9 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> user specific counter directory
-# 2023-05-17 v1.10 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> ph.getOS searches in os-release first
-# 2023-06-22 v1.11 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> fix ph.toUnit with float values; shell fixes
+# 2020-03-05 v1.2 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> switch to ph.* helper functions
+# 2020-09-01 v1.3 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> added ph.hasParamoption
+# 2022-08-31 v1.4 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> shellfix corrections
+# 2022-10-25 v1.5 <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch> handle empty value in ph.perfadd
+# 2023-01-30 v1.6 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> check performance params 5+6 and show a warning if missing
+# 2023-02-16 v1.7 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> adding a generic min and max value did not really help
+# 2023-04-24 v1.8 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> fix unit conversion
+# 2023-05-05 v1.9 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> user specific counter directory
+# 2023-05-17 v1.10 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> ph.getOS searches in os-release first
+# 2023-06-22 v1.11 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> fix ph.toUnit with float values; shell fixes
+# 2023-08-24 v1.12 <axel.hahn@unibe.ch> toUnit got 3rd param for count of digits after "."
# ======================================================================
@@ -293,15 +294,24 @@ function ph._getExp(){
#
# param string value with optional single letter for unit, i.e. 12M
# param char target unit
+# param integer count of digits after "."; default: none (=integer value)
function ph.toUnit(){
local _value=$1
local _unit=$2
+ local _digits=${3:-0}
local _multiply; _multiply=$( ph._getExp "$_value" )
local _divisor; _divisor=$( ph._getExp "$_unit" )
- # echo "DEBUG ... $_divisor .. $_multiply"
- echo "$(echo "$_value" | tr -d "[:alpha:]" )*${_multiply}/$_divisor" | bc
+ local _bc
+ _bc="bc"
+
+ local _dots
+
+ test $_digits -gt 0 && _dots=$( yes "." | head -$_digits | tr -d "\n" )
+ test $_digits -gt 0 && _bc+=" -l | grep -o '.*\\.${_dots}'"
+
+ echo "$(echo "$_value" | tr -d "[:alpha:]" )*${_multiply}/$_divisor" | eval "$_bc" | sed "s#^\.#0.#"
}