Running matlab in the background

Question

I am running matlab on 48 virtual machines and would like to automate it. I ssh into the machines then use matlab -r matlab_command > outfile.txt & to get t

Answer 1

Use nohup command on UNIX to prevent MATLAB stop when you logout.

nohup matlab -nodisplay -nosplash -r matlab_command > outfile.txt &

And don't forget to include exit; at the end of matlab_command script.

UPDATE:

Try this solution: Is it possible to run MATLAB in the background under UNIX?

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