How can I get arguments in my MATLAB batch script to use a series of files with different character strings?

I'm fairly new to MATLAB, so apologies if this is unclear or poorly-worded.

I have some files I want to use in a batch script, but the files currently have different names across different folders - is it possible to use these files as they are and get my script to read them? The file will be run using a bash script, and the script uses/operates in SPM12.

The files have this same general format across all the folders, but different character strings after 202:

Physio_202*_PULS.log

They also have same general paths, all located in:

.../[subject]/physio

The current arguments are formatted like this:

{['/location/' subject '/physio/' subject '_PULS.log']};

The 'subject' argument pulls information from a text file nominated when running the script in bash.

Would replacing the second 'subject' with something like 'Physio_202*_PULS.log' work?

[KSSV]

REad about dir to get the list of all the files. You can run a loop for each file and folder.

[Mohammad Sami]

Relvant extract from dir function doc

To search for multiple files, use wildcards in the file name. For example, dir *.txt lists all files with a txt extension in the current folder. To search through folders and subfolders on the path recursively, use wildcards in the path name. For example, dir */*.txt lists all files with a txt extension exactly one folder under the current folder, and dir **/*.txt lists all files with a txt extension zero or more folders under the current folder. Characters next to a ** wildcard must be file separators.

[Stephen23]

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/import_export/process-a-sequence-of-files.html

[Charlotte]

Thanks everyone! :)

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

S = dir('/location/*/physio/*_PULS.log');
for k = 1:numel(S)
    F = fullfile(S(k).folder,S(k).name);
    T = readtable(F); % or READCELL, READMATRIX, etc
    % do whatever with your imported data
end

[Charlotte]

Thank you!