For questions about MathematicaScript, or running the kernel without direct user interaction.
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Script with command line argument
As a test I want a simple script to take a command line argument and print it to a file:
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Command line execution of Mathematica notebooks and conversion to .m
Sometimes one may want to execute a notebook via the command line (for example to run it remotely).
As far as I know it's not possible to run notebooks directly, but ...
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Temporarily redirect the output of Print[ ] to a second file
I have started using Mathematica to automate file backup operations. The logistics I need make Mathematica a good choice. I am testing and developing the Notebook manually, and ...
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How to ensure that command line variables are secure for MathKernel scripts?
Suppose I write a Mathematica script, called test.m, like the following:
Print["Hello, World!"];
test = ToExpression[$CommandLine[[-1]]];
Print["I'm alive!"];
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Saving a source file adds (* ::Package:: *) to the first line
I am running Mathematica 9 on a linux machine and I've encountered the following behaviour that I am trying to understand. When I'm editing multiple source (.m) files using mathematica saving adds a ...
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How to use a Mathematica file for system maintenance [duplicate]
I would like to use the Windows Task Scheduler, or Visual Cron, to start a Mathematica notebook or .m file to do some system maintenance tasks: copy files from one place to another, etc. How do I set ...
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How to run external program in Mathematica?
In fact, I want to do the following in some kind of sense automatically, thus a windows bash file or Mathematica code will be welcome.
Suppose I have a pdf file, lets name it as ...
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How to import non-text data from std input in a Mathematica script?
Or maybe a better question is - how can I get a stdin stream? I need to run on Linux.
I did look at Reading from STDIN, or: how to pipe data into Mathematica, but ...
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Custom (Frame)Ticks fail when using Mathematica's script engine
I want to define my own ticks in a DateListPlot. It works quite well when I use the code in a Mathematica Notebook but breaks somehow when using it via ...
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Doubts on scripting: error messages when trying to run and how to process lots of files
I have created my first mathematica 'program' as I think of it, to do some image processing. After reading in an image, it does a lot of stuff (including smoothing, fourier transform, functional ...
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Possible to use Manipulate in GUIRunModal?
Is it possible to use the widget created by Manipulate within GUIRunModal? I intend to run the file using ...
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Why doesn't my script work when I redirect stdout?
I'm using Mathematica Home Edition 9.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.8.2.
I have this script:
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Interrupting package evaluation, handling error
I have some packages/scripts that I schedule the execution using Jobs in SQL server. For example, in some of then, I use to create reports and delivery by mail using Mathematica. All done using ...
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How to create an executable notebook in Mac OS X
All,
I am looking for help to create a notebook to be executed via terminal in MAC OSX. The notebook uses the front end.
This is what I have so far
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Executing Mathematica script from inside SQL Server
Does anyone have experience in calling Mathematica from inside SQL Server to do calculations? For example, how can I make a Procedure that uses Mathematica? Or a job that runs some Mathematica script?
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1answer
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Is it possible to print more than last line with Get (<<) without using Print commands?
I want to run my Mathematica scripts from the terminal and I want it to print lines like MATLAB would. That is, suppress output by ending a line with ;, and ...
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Accessing MathematicaScript over ssh/network
Here is the conundrum I am faced with. I have two computer. One with Mathematica (and hence MathematicaScript) but generally poor resources. The other without ...
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Is there a way to get user input when running a script on a Linux terminal?
I have access to a node of a Linux cluster, on which Mathematica is installed. However, I do not have access to a Linux GUI.
Typically I write and test Mathematica scripts on my Windows personal ...
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Trying to calculate a sum within a module - why is the iterator not creating integers?
Suppose I have the code:
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Formatting and printing lists with Mathematica scripts
I'm just starting out with Mathematica and I'm using MathematicaScript rather than the GUI. However, I'm having trouble formatting a list when printing it.
Suppose ...
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Why are all the lines commented when I create a Mathematica script?
When I created a Mathematica script, I found that all my lines were commented out (when opened with vi or gedit or any other ...
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Simultaneously running the same .m file with different inputs
I have my Mathematica code in a .m file and I run it from the command line with some parameters. I was wondering, if there is no overlap in input and output files, ...
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Evaluator option for Mathematica Scripts
I have mathematica with many additional kernels besides Local ( e.g., core1, core2, core3, core4 ... ) added through Kernel Configuration Options. I have been running multiple copies of a simulation ...
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Launch a specific notebook automatically when Mathematica starts
I run Mathematica on an iMac running OS X 10.6.8.
I have set the OS's "Launch Items" to include Mathematica so that the application opens when the computer boots.
Now I want to go further and ...
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Mathematica script - passing command line arguments
When using Mathematica script
#!/usr/local/bin/MathematicaScript -script
Print[$ScriptCommandLine]
and running it with some arguments:
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Command-line execution of Mathematica scripts/notebooks very slow
I'm new to Mathematica and am trying to adapt a pre-existing notebook, designed for manual evaluation of individual simulation outputs, to batch process the outputs of multiple simulations. Currently, ...
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Reading from STDIN, or: how to pipe data into Mathematica
Today I tried using Mathematica's plotting capabilities to display the output of a C++ program. This made me wonder whether it is possible to somehow tell a Mathematica script to read from STDIN and ...
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Mathematica as Windows Service — Problem with Error Messages
I have installed Mathematica in a Windows machine as a service using srvany and now I have problems with error messages — they don't get written in logs file like they should!
For example, if I do:
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Printing a string in a Mathematica script
Here's a simple script saved in the file hello
#!/usr/local/bin/MathematicaScript -script
Print["Hello world"]
I can then run ...
