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There may be other differences, but as far as I know [[ ... ]] is the same as [ ... ] except [[ ... ]] does not allow wildcard expansion.

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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)
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