Passing values to Bash script

Let's say I have a matlab file that calculates some values, giving:

alpha = 7
beta = 9

Now, I want to pass these values to a Bash script for use.

What is the syntax for doing this?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Example:

cmd = sprintf('alpha=%d beta=%d ls | head -$beta | tail -$alpha', alpha, beta);
system(cmd)

[g]

Thanks! What do head and tail do? What if I desire to pass a third variable?

[Walter Roberson]

cmd = sprintf('first_variable=%d second_variable=%d third_variable=%d command to execute goes here and refers to $first_variable and $second_variable and $third_variable', first_var, second_var, third_var)

[cameron morrison]

i can't seem to get this to work at all. Is there anything I have to write on the Linux command line?