Re: Operating System Commands from Octave

[Paul Kienzle]

Try the following untested code

function [status, text] = dos(cmd,echo) 

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
    usage ( "[status, text] = dos(cmd,'-echo')");
  else
    [text, status] = system(cmd);
    if (nargin > 1) disp(text); endif
  endif
endfunction
        
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:08:26PM -0400, Chuck Conner wrote:
> Is there a way to execute an MS-DOS (Command Prompt) command from (the 
> Windows version of) octave?  (In MatLab, you would either preface the command 
> with an exclamation point "!", or use the dos() command.)
> 
> -Chuck Conner
> 



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