Re: How to run Octave scripts with MacOS

[Stuart Edwards]

On May 5, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> 
> On May 5, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Richard J Wittebort wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I have downloaded and installed octave for an intel mac (OS 10.5.8). The 
>> application now resides in a directory called 'octave_all' located in the 
>> applications directory and command line instructions execute as expected. 
>> However, I am unable to execute, for example, the following script (test.m) 
>> from the command line if the file is located in my 'octave_all' directory:
>> 
>> #! applications/octave_all/octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave -qf
>> 
>> a=[1,2,3]
>> a
>> # end of script 
>> 
>> Could you please tell me how to run a script. For example, which, if any, of 
>> the following is required and how to do it:
>> 
>> 1. add a path in the command line?
>> 2. transfer the script to a directory in the octave.app directory?
>> 3. use a header different from the 1st line in the above (#! 
>> applications/octave_all/octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave -qf)
>> 
>> I much appreciate your help,
> 
> 
> Try ...
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env 
> /Applications/octave_all/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave -qf
> a=[1,2,3]
> a
> # end of script 
> 
> Ben
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Thank you!  this solves a problem that I too have been trying to fix for a long 
time without success (OS X 10.6).  

Also make sure the the script is executable and you can then run it from 
anywhere with ./path/to/script/test.m

Stu