Execute a bash script from Matlab

Question

Matthew 2012-6-4

Hi, thanks in advance for the guidance.....

Running Matlab 2011b on Win 7 machine.

I want to execute a bash script within Matlab. I know from Cygwin, etc I can call it like this: ./ecs_dir.sh folder_1 folder_2

And from a search of the Matlab archives, I found the following guidance on executing bash scripts: "! sh scriptname.sh" (see: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/293334)

But when I try this, i am given an error message: 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

How do I properly call this?

Thanks, Matt

Answer 1

Walter Roberson 2012-6-4

The information about !sh is only for Unix systems.

Unless you start MATLAB from within Cygwin, etc., your command like would have to look something similar to

!cygwin.exe ecs_dir.sh folder_1 folder_2

I could be wrong on the details, as I have not used cygwin for a number of years.

Windows 7 does not have its own bash.