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> $ maths exp="sqrt(ia*ia - ib*ib)" ia=s8a20110719_00014_0003_nep.sdf

I always omit spaces in TRANSFORM expressions on the command line to 
avoid parsing issues,

    maths exp="sqrt(ia*ia-ib*ib)"

Otherwise you need to escape the quotes because of the spaces

    maths exp='"sqrt(ia*ia - ib*ib)"'

as the double quotes need to be passed literally to the application.

Malcolm