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.
Here is an example of calling the ls function (the
list files function under Un*x-like operating system).
--> y = system('ls a*.m')
y =
<cell array> - size: [3 1]
Columns 1 to 1
addtest2.m
addtest3.m
addtest.m
--> y{1}
ans =
<string> - size: [1 10]
addtest2.m