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- %UNIX Execute UNIX operating system command.
- % [status,result] = UNIX('command'), for UNIX systems, calls upon
- % the operating system to execute the given command. The resulting
- % status and standard output are returned.
- %
- % Examples:
- %
- % [s,w] = unix('who')
- %
- % returns s = 0 and, in w, a MATLAB string containing a list of
- % the users currently logged in.
- %
- % [s,w] = unix('why')
- %
- % returns a nonzero value in s to indicate failure and sets w to
- % the null matrix because "why" is not a UNIX command.
- %
- % [s,m] = unix('matlab')
- %
- % never returns because running the second copy of MATLAB requires
- % interactive user input which cannot be provided.
- %
- % 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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