How to call MATLAB functions from the Linux command line?

Question

Basically I have an m file which looks like

function Z=myfunc()
    % Do some calculations
    dlmwrite(\'result.out\',Z,\',\');
end
         


        

Answer 1

Here's a simple solution that I found.

I have a function func(var) that I wanted to run from a shell script and pass it the first argument for var. I put this in my shell script:

matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "func('$1')"

That worked like a treat for me. The trick is that you have to use double quotes with the "-r" command for MATLAB and use single quotes in order to pass the bash argument to MATLAB.

Just make sure that the last line of your MATLAB script is "exit" or that you run

matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "func('$1'); exit"