SYSTEM Call an External Program

Section: Operating System Functions

Usage

The system function allows you to call an external program from within FreeMat, and capture the output. The syntax of the system function is 
  y = system(cmd)

where cmd is the command to execute. The return array y is of type cell-array, where each entry in the array corresponds to a line from the output.

Example

Here is an example of calling the ls function (the list files function under Un*x-like operating system). 
--> y = system('ls m*.m')

y = 
  Empty array [0 1]
--> y{1}
--> 
quit