Can I use MATLAB from the Terminal Command Line in OS X?
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I recently installed MATLAB R2010b on a Mac running OS 10.7. I'd like to be able to run it from the command line, ala a Linux system, as I'm not terribly thrilled with the Matlab UI, and I end up SSHing into my computer a fair amount and prefer to stick with the terminal for the most part.
There weren't any instructions for doing so in the Install Guide. Is there a way to set this up? Thanks in advance.
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the cyclist
on 22 Sep 2011
I believe you should be able type
matlab -nodesktop
at the command prompt. (I got a license error when I did that, but I think it should work.)
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Aljosa Veljovic
on 20 Feb 2023
Edited: Aljosa Veljovic
on 20 Feb 2023
@Ethan Duckworth, just use the following command to remove all the spash screen and the CoreText notes:
matlab -nodisplay -nosplash
Ethan Duckworth
on 21 Feb 2023
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David
on 16 Mar 2012
Thanks all!
I also just tried updating the path at the terminal before running matlab with:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/MATLAB/R2010b/bin/
Then I typed "matlab" from the terminal and it worked fine. Must something odd going on with my .bashrc or .bash_profile not updating PATH when I ssh into my Linux workstation.
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Brando Miranda
on 1 Feb 2016
but how did you find the location of the binaries of MATLAB in the first place?
Cheng Yang
on 1 Feb 2017
I found
matlab -nodisplay
works better for me. -nodesktop still add an icon to the dock
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Mahmud Sami Özgür
on 1 May 2019
Edited: Mahmud Sami Özgür
on 1 May 2019
When I launch with
matlab -nodisplay
plot functions do not show anything.
matlab -nodesktop -nosplash
works better.
Ethan Duckworth
on 5 Feb 2021
For me, -nodisplay is the final trick. It suppresses the icon in the dock, and the font loading errors. Thanks!
Carter Rhea
on 11 Jul 2015
If you have a .cshrc file, then you can just type alias matlab '/Applications/MATLAB_R2015a.app/bin/matlab -nodesktop'
granted you are using MATLAB_R2015a. Though if you are using a different version just change that. Also make sure you are using the -csh shell which you can check with echo $SHELL. it can be changed by typing: -chsh -s /bin/csh
I hope this helps!
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__init__.py
on 9 Feb 2019
Edited: __init__.py
on 9 Feb 2019
I simply type (either bash or cshell)
open <filename>.m
to launch MALTAB if I'd like to run a script at the same time.
The "open" command of Macintosh is equivalent to the effect that you double-click to open a file in Finder - it will launch whatsoever the associated application of the file.
darryl west
on 7 Oct 2016
or just a bit better with...
alias matlab='/Applications/MATLAB_R2016b.app/bin/matlab -nodesktop -nosplash $*'
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Walter Roberson
on 25 Nov 2019
why isn't it "just there"?
Apple discourages apps from modifying system-level initialization files.
Apple is now even dealing with potential issues with kernel drivers by forcing applications to provide their own versions of kernel extensions that live in user space, rather than being shared by several programs in some mid-level authorization space, and the user-level extensions have to be signed by developer certificate.
This turns out to be one of the reasons why the NVIDIA graphics drivers are not being approved by Apple: Apple is forcing the graphics drivers to be per application and signed by the developers -- who, obviously, do not have the interaction with NVIDIA to do that kind of bundling.
Apple is being hard on companies that compete with it; and these days, with it pushing into its own CPUs (not Intel compatible), its own graphics cards and its own GPUs (both custom silicon and not compatible with AMD or NVIDIA), NVIDIA is considered a competitor.
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