unixf.m

function [s,m] = unixf(varargin)
% A shortcut to unix(sprintf(...))

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if islogical(varargin{1}) & varargin{1}
  varargin = varargin(2:end);
  
  cmd = sprintf(varargin{:});
  dispf('unixf: %s', cmd);
end 

if nargout == 0
  unix(sprintf(varargin{:}));
else
  [s,m] = unix(sprintf(varargin{:}));
end