MATLAB: How can i save a list of commands using m files

.m files

b=5; h=3; a=0.5(b*h);

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File> open new file

Copy your commands, save in that. Run this file (F5) when you want to execute.

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MATLAB: How to save a list of open m-files

I found a way. It's not pretty, but in case someone else might find this useful...

In my user folder (on OSX) there is .matlab/R2009a/MATLABDesktop.xml

There is a LOT of stuff in this file, but I found many entries of the form:

 <ClientData EditorFileName="FULL PATH TO ONE OF MY OPEN M-FILES"/>

All my m-files are at /Volumes/data/adam/...

The following grep commands find the desired lines in the xml file and extract JUST the m-file paths:

 grep 'EditorFileName' MATLABDesktop.xml | grep -o '\"/Volumes/.*\.m\"'

Copy/paste the list into a cell array and

 edit(X{:})

The API referenced by Sean de seems like a much nicer option for those using newer releases.

MATLAB: How to save the command that I wrote it in command window

Save saves the values of variables, not the commands by which you created them.

Easiest way to save a sequence of your work if you were working at the command line is probably--

commandhistory % open the command history window

Then highlight the section you wish that you've done and right click...that'll open a menu one item of which is "Create Script". Select that and the highlighted section will be pasted into a new editor script window which you can then rename and modify at will..

Alternatively, simply highlight the area in the command window, and copy it to clipboard via ^C and type

edit aScriptName.m

and then ^V to paste into the window...same end result. aScriptName.m is, of course, a placeholder for whatever filename you wish to give your script, not to be taken as literal.

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