unix

Execute commands with the operating system shell.

📝Syntax

status = unix(command)
[status, output, duration] = unix(command)
[status, outputs, duration] = unix(commands)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
command	string scalar or character vector: command to execute in the operating system shell.
commands	string array or cell array of character vectors executed as multiple commands.
timeouts	scalar or vector of timeout values in seconds.

📤Output Arguments

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

📄Description

unix executes one command or a collection of commands through the operating system shell and returns exit status values.

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

💡Examples

Run a shell command and capture its output.

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

🔗See Also

Used Functions

system

🕔Version History

Version	Description
2.0.0	initial version