Thread Subject: Passing Matlab Variable to UNIX

Hi,

I am trying to pass the Matlab variables to unix function.
One crude way is to write the variables into temporary
file and read this file via unix script.

Is there any better way to do the same.
Passing the argument directly from matlab to unix script
without writing a temporary file

"Nitin Chhabra" <nitin.chhabra@st.com> wrote in message
<g0j6ad$ll5$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to pass the Matlab variables to unix function.
> One crude way is to write the variables into temporary
> file and read this file via unix script.
>
> Is there any better way to do the same.
> Passing the argument directly from matlab to unix script
> without writing a temporary file

If you're working from within the Matlab command window:
command = sprintf('%s %d', unix_script_name, matlab_var);
unix(command)

If you're using a Unix script to execute a Matlab function
or script, you could use fprintf(1, ...) inside your Matlab
script to print to stdout.

That is, inside your Unix script
var=`matlab -nodisplay -nojvm $matlab_file`

Of course, this only interesting if the value of matlab_file
can be set by passing arguments to the Unix script.

"David Chorlian" <davidc@panix.remove.this.com> wrote in
message <g0kfo3$rf2$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Nitin Chhabra" <nitin.chhabra@st.com> wrote in message
> <g0j6ad$ll5$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to pass the Matlab variables to unix
function.
> > One crude way is to write the variables into temporary
> > file and read this file via unix script.
> >
> > Is there any better way to do the same.
> > Passing the argument directly from matlab to unix
script
> > without writing a temporary file
>
> If you're working from within the Matlab command window:
> command = sprintf('%s %d', unix_script_name, matlab_var);
> unix(command)
>
> If you're using a Unix script to execute a Matlab
function
> or script, you could use fprintf(1, ...) inside your
Matlab
> script to print to stdout.
>
> That is, inside your Unix script
> var=`matlab -nodisplay -nojvm $matlab_file`
>
> Of course, this only interesting if the value of
matlab_file
> can be set by passing arguments to the Unix script.
>
>

Thanks David !

I tried the first method and it really solved my problem.

with reagrds,
Nitin