Environment and Settings > System Commands

38 functions in MATLAB › Environment and Settings > System Commands.

`addGroup`	Creates a new settings group inside the settings tree or inside another group.
`addpref`	Creates a new preference; fails if it already exists.
`addSetting`	Adds a setting, a named value holder, to a settings group.
`clearInstallationValue`	Removes the installation value of a setting.
`clearPersonalValue`	Removes the personal value of a setting.
`clearTemporaryValue`	Removes the temporary value of a setting.
`clipboard`	Copies text to the system clipboard or reads the text stored there.
`cmdsep`	Returns the string that separates commands on one line of the system shell.
`dos`	Runs a command through the Windows command interpreter and returns its status and output.
`getenv`	Returns the value of an operating-system environment variable.
`getpref`	Reads a preference stored under a group name.
`hasFactoryValue`	Tests whether a setting has a factory value.
`hasGroup`	Tests whether a settings group contains a child group of a given name.
`hasInstallationValue`	Tests whether a setting has a installation value.
`hasPersonalValue`	Tests whether a setting has a personal value.
`hasSetting`	Tests whether a settings group contains a setting of a given name.
`hasTemporaryValue`	Tests whether a setting has a temporary value.
`isenv`	Tests whether an environment variable is defined.
`ispref`	Tests whether a preference or a preference group exists.
`loadenv`	Loads environment variables from a .env file.
`matlab.io.saveVariablesToScript`	Saves workspace variables as a MATLAB script that recreates them.
`matlab.settings.mustBeIntegerScalar`	Validation function that errors unless the value is an integer scalar.
`matlab.settings.mustBeLogicalScalar`	Validation function that errors unless the value is a logical scalar.
`matlab.settings.mustBeNumericScalar`	Validation function that errors unless the value is a numeric scalar.
`matlab.settings.mustBeStringScalar`	Validation function that errors unless the value is a string scalar or character vector.
`perl`	Runs a Perl script and returns its output and exit status.
`removeGroup`	Deletes a settings group and everything inside it.
`removeSetting`	Deletes a setting from a settings group.
`rmpref`	Removes a preference, or a whole preference group.
`setenv`	Sets an environment variable for the current process.
`setpref`	Creates a preference or changes its value.
`Setting`	Object that holds one named setting and its layered values.
`settings`	Returns the root of the settings tree.
`SettingsGroup`	Object that represents a group of settings and nested groups.
`system`	Runs an operating-system command and returns its exit status and output.
`unix`	Runs a command through the Unix shell and returns its status and output.
`unsetenv`	Removes an environment variable from the current process.
`winqueryreg`	Reads a value, or lists the entries, of a key in the Windows registry.