Command to call Matlab as a script

gistfile1.txt

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load_file.m

function load_file(filename)
f = load(filename);
fprintf('%i\n',sum(f))

matlabcmd

#!/bin/sh
# This version shows additional error output
script=`basename "$1" .m` # this will return $1 unless it ends with .m
if [ "$script" = "$1" ]; then
    cmdterm=,
else
    cmdterm=\;
fi;
shift # remove the first argument

args="$@"
argsq=`echo $args | tr '"' "'"`
matlab -nodisplay -r "disp('BEGIN>>'); try, $script $argsq $cmdterm catch me, fprintf(2,getReport(me)); exit(1); end, exit(0)" -nosplash | sed -e '1,/^BEGIN>>$/ d'

matlabcmd_example.sh

./matlabcmd load_file.m mydata.txt
./matlabcmd load_file mydata.txt     # will display the output
./matlabcmd "randn(5)"               # will display the output
./matlabcmd with_error.m             # shows the error
./matlabcmd "randn(5) + randn(6)"    # shows the error

with_error.m

function with_error
a = zeros(6);
b = zeros(7);
c = a + b;