system and shell_cmd

[Rik]

12/6/11

Can someone with access to Matlab run the following code snippet?

system ('echo hello')

I think it will return just the output, but it might return the output and
the status.

Also,

x  = system ('echo hello')

Is x set to status or the actual output of the command?

Finally, is there any objection to deprecating shell_cmd which is an alias
for system?

Cheers,
Rik