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CALLING MULTIPLE EXECUTABLE FILE IN MATLAB

I would like to call multiple executable files from different directories. I have twenty subdirectories and each subdirectory has five executables files. I tried to use “system” but I have to list every subdirectory and file.

On Apr 8, 7:13=A0pm, "Aloyce " <aloyce_kal...@subr.edu> wrote:
> I would like to call multiple executable files from different directories=
. =A0I have twenty subdirectories and each subdirectory has five executable=
s files. I tried to use “system” but I have to list every subdi=
rectory and file.

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Uh, OK. Is there a problem with doing that? Do you have a question?

Can you generate the call string with eval('system ...')?

Trance <trancemissionxxi@gmail.com> wrote in message <8045dd3a-74b3-48e2-b09e-f6aaf0b36441@e18g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>...
> Can you generate the call string with eval('system ...')?
Can you expand on that by giving examples.

I assume you use Windows... you can use ls function (notice that 'ls'
behaves differently on Mac/Unix)

Go to the root directory that has your 20 folders.

rootContents=ls;
for dirIdx=1:size(rootContents,1)
   if exist(rootContents(dirIdx,:),'dir')==7 && ~strcmp(rootContents
(dirIdx,:),'.') && ~strcmp(rootContents(dirIdx,:),'..')
        cd(rootContents(dirIdx,:));
        currentExecs=ls('*.exe');
        for exeIdx=1:size(currentExecs,1)
            system([currentExecs(exeIdx,:) ' exe_parameters']);
        end
        cd('..');
   end
end

Trance <trancemissionxxi@gmail.com> wrote in message <58c65cb6-825e-4fba-82e3-b5bcec77dd44@37g2000yqp.googlegroups.com>...
> I assume you use Windows... you can use ls function (notice that 'ls'
> behaves differently on Mac/Unix)
>
> Go to the root directory that has your 20 folders.
>
> rootContents=ls;
> for dirIdx=1:size(rootContents,1)
> if exist(rootContents(dirIdx,:),'dir')==7 && ~strcmp(rootContents
> (dirIdx,:),'.') && ~strcmp(rootContents(dirIdx,:),'..')
> cd(rootContents(dirIdx,:));
> currentExecs=ls('*.exe');
> for exeIdx=1:size(currentExecs,1)
> system([currentExecs(exeIdx,:) ' exe_parameters']);
> end
> cd('..');
> end
> end
>
>

 wrote in message <58c65cb6-825e-4fba-82e3-b5bcec77dd44@37g2000yqp.googlegroups.com>...
> I assume you use Windows... you can use ls function (notice that 'ls'
> behaves differently on Mac/Unix)
>
> Go to the root directory that has your 20 folders.
>
> rootContents=ls;
> for dirIdx=1:size(rootContents,1)
> if exist(rootContents(dirIdx,:),'dir')==7 && ~strcmp(rootContents
> (dirIdx,:),'.') && ~strcmp(rootContents(dirIdx,:),'..')
> cd(rootContents(dirIdx,:));
> currentExecs=ls('*.exe');
> for exeIdx=1:size(currentExecs,1)
> system([currentExecs(exeIdx,:) ' exe_parameters']);
> end
> cd('..');
> end
> end
>
>

This worked out. Is there a way to direct all unziped file to a specified directory? Whenever a file is unziped I have to direct matlab where to save it.