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## Run MATLAB Command

When you define your workflow in the `.github/workflows` directory of your repository, specify the **Run MATLAB Command** action as `matlab-actions/run-command@v3`. The action requires an input and also accepts an optional input.
When you define your workflow in the `.github/workflows` directory of your repository, specify the **Run MATLAB Command** action as `matlab-actions/run-command@v3`. The action requires an input and also accepts optional inputs.

| Input | Description |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `command` | <p>(Required) Script, function, or statement to execute. If the value of `command` is the name of a MATLAB script or function, do not specify the file extension. If you specify more than one script, function, or statement, use a comma or semicolon to separate them.</p><p>MATLAB exits with exit code 0 if the specified script, function, or statement executes successfully without error. Otherwise, MATLAB terminates with a nonzero exit code, which causes the action to fail. To fail the action in certain conditions, use the [`assert`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/assert.html) or [`error`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/error.html) function.</p><p>**Example:** `command: myscript`<br/>**Example:** `command: results = runtests, assertSuccess(results);`</p> |
| `startup-options` | <p>(Optional) MATLAB startup options, specified as a list of options separated by spaces. For more information about startup options, see [Commonly Used Startup Options](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/commonly-used-startup-options.html).</p><p>Using this input to specify the `-batch` or `-r` option is not supported.</p><p>**Example:** `startup-options: -nojvm`<br/>**Example:** `startup-options: -nojvm -logfile output.log`</p> |
| Input | Description |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `command` | <p>(Required) Script, function, or statement to execute. If the value of `command` is the name of a MATLAB script or function, do not specify the file extension. If you specify more than one script, function, or statement, use a comma or semicolon to separate them.</p><p>MATLAB exits with exit code 0 if the specified script, function, or statement executes successfully without error. Otherwise, MATLAB terminates with a nonzero exit code, which causes the action to fail. To fail the action in certain conditions, use the [`assert`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/assert.html) or [`error`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/error.html) function.</p><p>**Example:** `command: myscript`<br/>**Example:** `command: results = runtests, assertSuccess(results);`</p> |
| `generate-summary` | <p>(Optional) Option to generate summaries of build and test results in the GitHub job summary, specified as `true` or `false`. By default, the value is `true`. If you specify a value of `false`, the action does not generate build and test summaries in the GitHub job summary.</p><p>When the value is `true`, the action generates a summary of build results if it runs a build using the MATLAB build tool. If you have a MATLAB Test&trade; license, the action also generates a summary of test results if it runs tests using a [`matlab.buildtool.tasks.TestTask`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.buildtool.tasks.testtask-class.html) instance through a MATLAB build or using a default test runner. You can create a default test runner using the [`matlab.unittest.TestRunner.withDefaultPlugins`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.unittest.testrunner.withdefaultplugins.html) method.</p><p>For more information about build and test summaries, see [View Build Results](https://github.com/matlab-actions/run-build#view-build-results) and [View Test and Coverage Results](https://github.com/matlab-actions/run-tests#view-test-and-coverage-results).</p><p>**Example:** `generate-summary: false`</p> |
| `startup-options` | <p>(Optional) MATLAB startup options, specified as a list of options separated by spaces. For more information about startup options, see [Commonly Used Startup Options](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/commonly-used-startup-options.html).</p><p>Using this input to specify the `-batch` or `-r` option is not supported.</p><p>**Example:** `startup-options: -nojvm`<br/>**Example:** `startup-options: -nojvm -logfile output.log`</p> |

When you use this action, all of the required files must be on the MATLAB search path. If your script or function is not in the root of your repository, you can use the [`addpath`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/addpath.html), [`cd`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/cd.html), or [`run`](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/run.html) function to put it on the path. For example, to run `myscript.m` in a folder named `myfolder` located in the root of the repository, you can specify `command` like this:

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