How do I run MATLAB from the mac terminal?

I am trying to run MATLAB from the mac OS X terminal. I'm using macOS Mojave version 10.14.2, and MATLAB R2018b. What I'm doing is:

• I open the terminal
• Go to /Applications
• pe MATLAB_R2018

However, I get the following:

-bash: MATLAB_R2018b: command not found

Can someone help me with this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Ken Atwell]

I do this:

open /Applications/MATLAB_R2018b.app/

[Cristian Sanchez Montesinos]

Thank you. I still don't get what I'm looking for. I do the following:

• type on terminal: cd /Applications/MATLAB_R2018b.app/bin
• type on terminal: ./matlab

which opends the GUI MATLAB application, but what I want is to open MATLAB within the terminal. I know that is possible, because I have done it on a Linux machine in the past. Now, I would like to do it on my macOS computer. Could you please help me with this?

Thanks.

[Ken Atwell]

Oh, within the Terminal. You probably want -nodesktop. See:

See https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlabmac.html

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

alias matlab="/Applications/MATLAB_R2018b.app/bin/matlab -nojvm -nodesktop"

I put the above in my ~/.bash_profile

[Cristian Sanchez Montesinos]

Thank you for your answer. What do you mean by "putting the above in the ~/.bash_profile"? Does that allow you to call matlab within the terminal and from any directory?

[Walter Roberson]

Yes. If you are using the default bash shell then when you start an interactive session the .bash_profile in your home directory is sourced. The command I show sets up a command named matlab to launch r2018b in terminal mode. It can be invoked by that name from the terminal no matter where you are cd to . It is effectively a shortcut for typing in the right hand side.

[Cristian Sanchez Montesinos]

Thanks!

Answer 3

[Peiwei Liu]

In terminal on mac, type this:

/Applications/Polyspace/R2019b/bin/matlab; exit;

Please adjust this to your own path. Works!

[Marco cazzaniga]

works great. Thanks