How to use shell commands including variables from matlab?

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?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

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

[Pal Szabo]

Thanks!