Matlab - run file without opening GUI, then quit

Question

I want Matlab to run some .m file, which writes to a text file. I don\'t want the GUI to launch, and I don\'t want the command line interpreter to run. I\'ve got

Answer 1

You could compile myfile into a standalone program and run that instead. Use Matlab's compiler mcc for that (if you have it), more information is provided in this question.

Answer 2

If you need to execute a matlab script you can do matlab -nodisplay < script.m. If you want to call a matlab function, you can do matlab -nodisplay -r "foo(); quit". IIRC, in both cases matlab should exit once it is done.

Answer 3

matlab needs to interpreter to run your commands. you can always end your file with quit to make matlab exit again when finished with your calculations