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tafteh
tafteh

Reputation: 41

Issue in executing command containing single quote using Plink

I am using plink.exe from cmd in Windows 10, to ssh to Ubuntu 16.04. In there, I am running MATLAB, to run the following command:

try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end

For this, I generate the following command to handle ssh, executing matlab and run the above command:

C:\plink.exe user@server -pw ****** "matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -noawt -r 'try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end'

Running the above command, I get the following error in MATLAB:

Warning: Undefined function or variable 'path/to/files'.

As it turns out, in matlab, the command is constructed like following:

someFunction(path/to/files, algorithm)

which is without "single quotes": thank you, plink :( .

Can you please help to generate the correct command? or if there is already a question asked with similar problem, I would be thankful to direct me to it.

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 250

Answers (1)

Martin Prikryl
Martin Prikryl

Reputation: 202310

It's not Plink fault. It's how Windows command-line interpreter works.

Adding and tags, so that you may get answers from experts on the field.

Anyway, I can see two solutions:

  • Put your command to a file like:

    matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -noawt -r "try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end"

    And use the file (command.txt) with Plink like:

    C:\plink.exe user@server -pw ****** -m command.txt

  • If you do not want to use a separate file for the command, this should work too:

    echo matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -noawt -r "try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end" | C:\plink.exe user@server -pw ****** -T

    (Note the -T switch).

Upvotes: 1

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