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- %DOS Execute DOS command
- % DOS('command'), for Windows systems, calls upon the DOS shell
- % to execute the given command. This causes a DOS Window to open
- % and the program, command or batch file is run within that window.
- % When the process is done executing, the window is automatically
- % closed and control returns to the MATLAB Command Window.
- %
- % The following trailing characters have special meaning:
- % '|' - Run the DOS command iconically.
- % '&' - Return immediately to MATLAB, do not wait for process
- % to finish.
- %
- % Examples:
- %
- % dos('edit')
- %
- % opens the DOS 5.0 editor in a DOS Window.
- %
- % dos('edit file.m &')
- %
- % opens the DOS 5.0 editor in a DOS Window, and returns control
- % immediately to MATLAB.
- %
- % dos('type file.txt | sort > file.srt |')
- %
- % pipes file.txt through the sort command and creates an output
- % file, file.srt. The only thing that is seen on the screen,
- % however, is a DOS icon.
- %
- % See also ! (exclamation point) under PUNCT.
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- % Copyright (c) 1984-93 by The MathWorks, Inc.
- % Built-in function.
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