Does anyone know how to open a Microsoft cmd.exe window in MATLAB?

I am trying to execute files from the cmd.exe command window in MATLAB but I am unable to, hoping someone can help.

[Walter Roberson]

See https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/411696-hi-i-m-trying-to-open-the-cmd-exe-in-matlab-and-to-execute-the-dos-command-from-matlab-without-writ

Answer 1

[Muhammad Zayed]

you can use:

!cmd &

it works for me to open the command window from Matlab

Moreover, if you want to excute something in the cmd, you can do it as follows (in my case I want to run an excutable called "Opensees" then type the file name)

!Opensees fileName.tcl &

All the above commands will open and run the excutable in an external commond prompt window. If you wish to run it inside Matalb command window, just remove the "&" symbol at the end.

I hope this helps.

P.S. I am using MATLAB R2018a - academic version

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

See the system, dos, or unix functions or the bang operator !.