11-27-2009
There may be other differences, but as far as I know [[ ... ]] is the same as [ ... ] except [[ ... ]] does not allow wildcard expansion.
The result of the command inside $( ) will be tested.
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convert2syrthes
CONVERT2SYRTHES(1) General Commands Manual CONVERT2SYRTHES(1)
NAME
convert2syrthes - Convert mesh files to SYRTHES format
SYNOPSIS
convert2syrthes -m mesh_file.ext [-dim dimension] [-o output_file.syr]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the convert2syrthes command.
convert2syrthes can convert mesh files from GAMBIT, GMSH or MED to SYRTHES format
A detailed documentation is available at <http://rd.edf.com/syrthes>
OPTIONS
-m mesh_file.ext
Specify the mesh file to convert. The mesh format is inferred from the file's extension:
* .neu (GAMBIT format)
* .msh (GMSH format)
* .med (MED format)
Note: For MED format, convert2syrthes creates an additionnal ASCII file (..._desc) where one finds the links between group
names (used in Salome) and family (or references) numbers used in SYRTHES
-dim dimension
With dimension = 2 or 3. This options is requested for the GMSH file format, and ignored in the other cases
-o output_file.syr
To change the name of the output file.
EXAMPLES
convert2syrthes -m square.med
--> square.syr square.syr_desc
convert2syrthes -m square.neu
--> square.syr
convert2syrthes -m square.msh -dim 2
--> square.syr
convert2syrthes -m square.med -o square2.syr
--> square2.syr square2.syr_desc
AUTHOR
Syrthes was written by EDF S.A. <syrthes-support@edf.fr>
This manual page was written by Gilles Filippini <gilles.filippini@free.fr> for Debian from the convert2syrthes README.txt file.
February 10, 2011 CONVERT2SYRTHES(1)