MATLAB: How do you assign the number of cores via an ssh script

Question

Hello,

i have a batch script file that is run on an ssh with the following format:

nohup matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -nodisplay <script_file.m>& output_script_file.txt &

I want to set the number of cores for the job to 6, seeing as the script_file.m uses a parfor loop. I know feature('numcores') will display the number of cores available, but I want to specifically assign the number of cores. Is this done through the batch script file, and if so how? If not, how can I assign the number of cores to a job on an ssh?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I've tried running Walter Roberson's answer, but for some reason i've had to include maxNumCompThreads(6) in the script file at the start.

Also the > gave me an error as well.

This seemed to work:

nohup matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -nodisplay -batch <script_file> & output_script_file.txt &

EDIT:

As Walter Roberson wrote, > and & should not have a space, so it is:

nohup matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -nodisplay <script_file.m>& output_file.txt &