FreeMat
SYSTEM Call an External Program

Section: Operating System Functions

Usage

The system function allows you to call an external program from within FreeMat, and capture the output. The syntax of the system function is

  y = system(cmd)

where cmd is the command to execute. The return array y is of type cell-array, where each entry in the array corresponds to a line from the output.

Example

Here is an example of calling the ls function (the list files function under Un*x-like operating system).

--> y = system('ls a*.m')

y = 
 [addtest2.m] [addtest3.m] [addtest.m] 

--> y{1}

ans = 
addtest2.m