Is there a way to suppress the startup help message when running MATLAB from the command line?

Is there a way to suppress the following startup message when running MATLAB from the command line?

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This is in a sense a command-line splash "screen" and one would expect it to be suppressed using the -nosplash switch, but it's not.

I am capturing the results of code block evaluation in a non-session based manner (for an example, you may see Emacs Org mode, Babel, source code blocks; but this question is independent of my particular usage, of course) and I want to get rid of this message using a, possibly undocumented, command-line switch, rather than hacking a hook function in Lisp to strip those lines off.

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Jan]

You can edit the function matlabrc.m. At least the "To get started..." message is not useful after some years of using Matlab day by day.

I've use the -r switch to call a function, which prints "$$$ Start of output $$$" before the actual processing is started. Then the external caller can identify where to cut the output.

I assume using Matlab in engine mode is more useful.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

My understanding is that suppressing the message is a violation of the MATLAB Terms & Conditions. (Likewise, it is a violation of the Terms & Conditions to change the program icon, including for a program compiled using MATLAB Compiler.)

I never bothered looking for undocumented command line switches.

The undocumentedmatlab site is not likely to have the information either: Yair is very conscientious about keeping within the Terms & Conditions.