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Top Forums Programming difference bewteen pipe, xargs, and exec Post 302563928 by guessingo on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 12:20:13 PM
Old 10-12-2011
difference bewteen pipe, xargs, and exec

I have read several docs on these on the web and looked at examples. I can't figure out the difference. In some cases you use one or the other or you combine them.

can someone help me understand this?
 

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coax(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   coax(1)

NAME
coax - determine impedance of a coaxial structure, where the inner may be offset from the centre if necessary. SYNOPSIS
coax [-O offset] d D Er DESCRIPTION
coax computes the impedance of a coaxial cable, given the outside diameter of the inner conductor d, the internal diameter of the outer conductor D and the relative permittivity of the dielectric Er. If there is an offset between the inner and outer (i.e. the coax is eccen- tric), the offset can be given as a option. coax uses the equation Zo=59.95849160 ln(x+sqrt(x^2-1)) /sqrt(Er) Ohms where x=(d^2+D^2-4 O^2)/(2*D*d) FILES
coax does not read/write any files. SEE ALSO
atlc(1) create_bmp_for_circ_in_circ(1) create_bmp_for_circ_in_rect(1) create_bmp_for_microstrip_coupler(1) create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect(1) create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect_coupler(1) create_bmp_for_rect_in_circ(1) create_bmp_for_rect_in_rect(1) create_bmp_for_stripline_coupler(1) create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline(1) design_coupler(1) dualcoax(1) find_optimal_dimensions_for_microstrip_coupler(1) readbin(1) http://atlc.sourceforge.net - Home page http://sourceforge.net/projects/atlc - Download area /usr/local/share/atlc/docs/html-docs/index.html - HTML docs /usr/local/share/atlc/docs/qex-december-1996/atlc.pdf - theory paper /usr/local/share/atlc/examples - examples Dr. David Kirkby atlc-4.6.0 28th Oct 2003 coax(1)
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