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+function runcmd(varargin)
+
+% This will run a shell command from within MATLAB using the given
+% arguments.
+%
+% usage: runcmd(varargin)
+%
+% varargin - a series of strings to be concatenated together.
+%
+%
+% e.g. >> runcmd('ls', '-l', dir);
+%
+% M Hewitson 16-07-04
+%
+% $Id: runcmd.m,v 1.2 2007/10/24 10:59:50 ingo Exp $
+%
+
+
+fid = fopen('tmpcmd', 'w+');
+
+fprintf(fid, '#!/bin/bash\n');
+fprintf(fid, 'export PATH=$PATH:${HOME}/bin\n');
+for j=1:nargin
+  fprintf(fid, '%s ', varargin{j});
+end
+fprintf(fid, '\n');
+
+fclose(fid);
+
+!chmod +x tmpcmd
+!./tmpcmd
+%!rm tmpcmd
+
+