Issue in executing command containing single quote using Plink

I am using plink.exe from cmd in Windows 10, to ssh to Ubuntu 16.04. In there, I am running MATLAB, to run the following command:

try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end

For this, I generate the following command to handle ssh, executing matlab and run the above command:

C:\plink.exe user@server -pw ****** "matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -noawt -r 'try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end'

Running the above command, I get the following error in MATLAB:

Warning: Undefined function or variable 'path/to/files'.

As it turns out, in MATLAB, the command is constructed like following:

someFunction(path/to/files, algorithm)

which is without "single quotes": thank you, plink :( .

Can you please help to generate the correct command? or if there is already a question asked with similar problem, I would be thankful to direct me to it.

Thanks,

Answer 1

[tafteh]

I fixed my problem using the following solutions:

echo matlab -nodesktop -nosplash -noawt -r "try, someFunction('path/to/files', 'algorithm'), exit(); catch ME, warning(ME.message), exit(); end" | C:\plink.exe user@server -pw ****** -T

Credit goes to Martin Prikryl (https://stackoverflow.com/users/850848/martin-prikryl)

Answer 2

[Fangjun Jiang]

I would suggest putting all the commands in a M-script and then run

"fullpath\bin\matlab.exe" -r "MyScript"

Notice the double quote "

FYI, in matlab, the command is constructed like following:

someFunction('path/to/files', OtherInputArguments)

or

MyFile='path/to/files'
someFunction(MyFile, OtherInputArguments)

To create a single quote in a string, refer to the following example:

a='path/to/files' 
b='''path/to/files'''

[tafteh]

Thank you, I'm afraid your solution does not work :(

[Fangjun Jiang]

See updated answer. Not sure what do you mean "does not work".

[tafteh]

Thanks for the update. "dose not work" means that I get the same error message from MATLAB. When the following lines

a='path/to/files' 
b='''path/to/files'''

are executed in MATLAB using plink.exe are still turned into

a=path/to/files 
b=path/to/files

I would try putting MATLAB command in a script as you suggested.