Matlab open file in editor from the command line

Hi there,

the linux shell script

 %!/bin/bash
 matlab -r "edit %1"

pretty much does what I want, but if matlab is already running, it will not open the file %1 in the editor of the running instance, but will start another instance of matlab.

How can I avoid starting another instance, if there's already one GUI running?

Answer 1

[Vishnu]

Hey @Leo I understand that you want to execute your script whitout opening other instance in using linux shell. I am soeey but currently matlab does not support this functionality however, you can try running the script in shell without opening gui by using :

$matlab -batch "edit %1"

Stack overflow link which might be helpfull, Stack Answer.