Matlab Desktop Command

Table of Contents

Matlab Command
Matlab Configuration
- Change startup directory
- Install toolbox
Matlab Execution Options
mcc

Matlab Command

Move Editor to/from Command Window
- Editor to Command / Ctrl-0
- Command to Editor / Ctrl-Shift-0

Execute DOS command
```
!command
```
Open Current Folder by explorer
```
!explorer .
```

Copy File

!copy <src> <target>
copyfile(<src>, <target>

Remove File

!del <file>
delete('<file>') or delete <file>

Move File

!move <src> <target>
movefile(<src>,<target>)

Print contents of File

!more <file>
type('<file>') or type <file>

Change direcotry
```
cd
```

Open M-FILE (Error if not-exist)
```
open <file>
```
Edit M-FILE (Create if not-exist)
```
edit <file>
```

Refer working memory
```
who
```
Clear working memory
```
clear
```
Close all figure windows
```
close all
```

Paging output
```
more on
```
Warning off
```
warning off
```
Set output format of numbers
```
format bank
```
Execution time
```
tic
toc
```
Stop
```
pause
```
Sleep
```
pause(sec)
```

Print out executed codes in M-file
```
echo on
```
would be useful for debugging
Log of command
```
diary on
diary off
```

Matlab Configuration

Change startup directory

Windows

Right click shortcut > Property > Change 'Start In'.
Create startup.m on the default directory, and >> cd <somewhere>

Linux, the current directory is the startup directory.

Install toolbox

addpath <path to the toolbox>

Check with

path

GUI

pathtool

Matlab Execution Options

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/matlabwindows.html

No GUI

matlab -nosplash -nodesktop

matlab -nosplash -nojvm

Set environment variable EDITOR to configure editor to use. sh/bash/zsh

export EDITOR=emacs

csh/tcsh

setenv EDITOR emacs

32bit version

-glnx86

Using multiple processors

on matlab

>> maxNumCompThreads(4)

>> preferences (shows Preference window)

General->Multithreading > enable 'multithreaded computation' > select 'manual' > type number

Run M-FILE from the command line

matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r 'a=rand(13);inv(a);save rand_inv;exit'

nohup to run in background

nohup matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r 'inv(rand(2^13))' < /dev/null > inv.out &

inv.out stores all text shown on the window including

 To get started, type one of these: helpwin, helpdesk, or demo.
 For product information, visit www.mathworks.com.

How to remove?

Run M-function (hoge.m)

function hoge(a,b)
a
b

matlab -nosplash -nodesktop -r "hoge('foo','bar')"

mcc

>> mcc -m main.m func.m
$ ./main.exe

Naotoshi Seo

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