Re: octave and shell commands

[Paul Kienzle]

Here's a hack:

  function s(varargin),
        b=varargin;
        b{2,:}='" "';
        system(['"',b{:},'"']);
  end
  octave> mark_as_command s
  octave> s sh -c "echo hello"
  hello

It will work better with new octave and mark_as_command.

- Paul

On Apr 20, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Quentin Spencer wrote:

> address@hidden wrote:
>
> > can I use shell commands in octave like e.g. in gnuplot by the "!"?
> I don't think "!" is supported, but you can use the "system" command: 
> system("ls");
>
> -Quentin
>
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