dos

Execute a command with the operating system shell.

📝Syntax

status = dos(command)
[status, output, duration] = dos(command)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
command	string scalar or character vector: command to execute in the operating system shell.
'-echo'	optional flag that also displays command output in the command window.

📤Output Arguments

Parameter	Description
status	integer exit status returned by the shell command.
output	text captured from standard output and standard error.
duration	execution duration in milliseconds.

📄Description

dos executes a command through the operating system shell and returns the exit status.

With output arguments, Nelson can also return the command text output and execution duration. dos follows the same command execution model as system.

💡Examples

Run a shell command and capture its output.

[status, output] = dos('echo Nelson')

🔗See Also

Used Functions

system

🕔Version History

Version	Description
2.0.0	initial version