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user2835098
user2835098

Reputation: 175

Launch Linux terminal from Matlab

I want to launch a Linux terminal from a Matlab script in order to run an object file from the terminal. After launching the terminal the Matlab script has to continue.

I have tried both the unix() and system() commands, but in both the Matlab script gets stuck in the terminal script and doesn't continue.

Is there a way for a Matlab script to launch a terminal, run an executable file on it and have the Matlab script continue with the rest of the script?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2434

Answers (2)

MasterHD
MasterHD

Reputation: 2384

You'll want to launch a separate terminal application such as terminal, gnome-terminal, xterm, konsole, etc (see here) providing the -e flag followed by the command you want to run. Something like this:

system('gnome-terminal -e ''your command here'' &')

Upvotes: 1

Luis Mendo
Luis Mendo

Reputation: 112659

To return to Matlab immediately after starting the external process, add & at the end of the string passed to system. For example

system('filename &')

Upvotes: 2

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