How to use shell commands including variables from matlab?

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I have N files, file1 file2 file3, ... fileN. I know that
!rm file1
removes file1. How can I create a loop, which removes file1 file2 file3 ... fileN? My idea: create array, myfiles = ("myfile1","myfile2","myfile3") Than call:
for i=1:N
!rm myfiles(i)
end
This doesn't work however, matlab tries to remove file "myfiles(i)", not myfile1, myfile2,... myfileN.
How to solve this problem?

Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 20 Sep 2017
for filecell = myfiles
filename = filecell{1};
delete(filename) ;
end
If deletion was just a sample operation
for filecell = myfiles
filename = filecell{1};
cmd = sprintf('rm "%s"', filename );
system(cmd);
end

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