Launch Linux terminal from Matlab

Question

I want to launch a Linux terminal from a Matlab script in order to run an object file from the terminal. After launching the terminal the Matlab script has to continue.

I have tried both the unix() and system() commands, but in both the Matlab script gets stuck in the terminal script and doesn't continue.

Is there a way for a Matlab script to launch a terminal, run an executable file on it and have the Matlab script continue with the rest of the script?

Answer 1

To return to Matlab immediately after starting the external process, add & at the end of the string passed to system. For example

system('filename &')

Answer 2

You'll want to launch a separate terminal application such as terminal, gnome-terminal, xterm, konsole, etc (see here) providing the -e flag followed by the command you want to run. Something like this:

system('gnome-terminal -e ''your command here'' &')