Formatting .txt files as the one produced by command prompt.

Hi, I have the following script that requests all processes running currently on my machine.

[~,tasks] = system('tasklist');
fileID = fopen('another_test.txt','w');
fprintf(fileID,'%s',tasks);
fclose(fileID);

The file looks like this:

If I try the same thing on the Windows Command Prompt, using this command:

tasklist.exe > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\processlog.txt

Which gets me this in a nice format which I can't replicate using Matlab. And I would like to get it in the same way, or somewhat similar at least.

The use of delimiters perhaps could help? Any guidance would be great, thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[Stephen Cobeldick]

Open the file in text mode:

fileID = fopen('another_test.txt','wt');
%                                   ^ you need this!

and use a proper text editor, e.g. Notepad++.

Answer 2

[Bhaskar R]

You can include same input to system command

sts = system('tasklist.exe > %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\processlog.txt');

This works as you require