How to run exe file with inputs

I have earthquake data with the extension suds and I downloaded the sud2asc.exe file to convert the suds file to ascii file. The sud2asc.exe file is executed from the command window and requires the simple command for the conversion:

> sud2asc 20100901.suds 20100901.txt

The program does not read the wild card * or ?, so I have to convert all the event files individually. Since there are thousands of files, doing it individually will take an enormous time. Is there any way I can read the sud2asc.exe file in matlab and let it execute for all the events by itself?

Thanks

Answer 1

[Aurelien Queffurust]

To answer at the title of your question : How do I pass arguments into and out of my standalone executable?

If you have the source code of sud2asc , make changes accordingly. Otherwise you will have to call the standalone within a for-loop.

Answer 2

[Jan]

Yes.

cd('YourDataFolder');  % Set accordingly
List = dir('*.suds');
for iFile = 1:numel(List)
  sudsName = List(iFile).name;
  [dum, FileName] = fileparts(sudsName);
  txtName = [FileName, '.txt'];
  system(['sud2asc ', sudsName, ' ', txtName]);
end