A Bash script that runs a MATLAB script and closes it immediately after. Assumes matlab executable is discoverable.

matlabr.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Installation: add the following alias to your ~/.bashrc
#   alias matlabr='bash <(curl -sS https://gist.githubusercontent.com/vadimkantorov/56f6eb35fab2135c04706a0a67aa2fe6/raw)'
# Usage: 
#   matlabr /path/to/script.m
#   matlabr --fixlibstdc++ /path/to/script.m # to preload system's libstdc++ before running MATLAB. This will help for erors like: 
                                             # Invalid MEX-file '/PATH/TO/MYMEX.mexa64': /PATH/TO/MATLAB/ROOT/linux64/bin/glnxa64/../../sys/os/glnxa64/libstdc++.so.6:
                                             # version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by /PATH/TO/SOME/LIBRARY/LINKED/TO/MYMEX.mexa64/MYLIBRARY.so).
                                    
SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${@: -1}")" && pwd)
SCRIPTBASENAME=$(basename "${@: -1}" .m)
if [ "$1" == --fixlibstdc++ ];
then
    PRELOADFIX=$(/sbin/ldconfig -p | grep stdc++ | sed 's/.*=> //' | head -n 1)
fi

LD_PRELOAD=$PRELOADFIX matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -r "addpath('$SCRIPTDIR'); try, $SCRIPTBASENAME; catch exception, disp(exception); disp(exception.message); disp(exception.cause); for i=1:length(exception.stack); disp(exception.stack(i)); end; exit(1); end; exit(0)"