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Run operating system command and return result
Description
system('command')
calls upon the operating system to run command
, for example dir
or ls
, and directs the output to MATLAB. If command
runs successfully, ans
is 0
. If command
fails or does not exist on your operating system, ans
is a nonzero value and an explanatory message appears.
[status, result] = system('command')
calls upon the operating system to run command
, and directs the output to MATLAB. If command
runs successfully, status
is 0
and result
contains the output from command
. If command
fails or does not exist on your operating system, status
is a nonzero value, result
is an empty matrix, and an explanatory message appears.
Examples
Display the current directory by accessing the operating system.
MATLAB displays the current directory and shows that the command executed correctly because ans is 0.
Similarly, run the operating system pwd
command and assign the current directory to curr_dir
.
See Also
!
(exclamation point), dos
, perl
, unix
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