Starting a program with multiple versions installed

[dprice80]

Hi

I have matlab installed on a network (I am not the administrator) and we usually start the program by typing "matlab", then choosing one of the version options from the menu i.e. typing "n".

So because of this, trying to run matlab programs or commands directly like this...

matlab -r ProgramName

...does not work. I just get the menu as usual and everything else is ignored. I assume the admin has overridden the matlab command with their own custom script.

So my question is can I start a specific version of the program by specifying the folder that the version is in?

I thought it might be something like
/opt/matlab/version -r programname

p.s. this might look foolish, but I am a bit of a linux noob. Let me know if I should just ask my administrator but I thought there might be something easy I am missing.

Thanks
dprice80

[gogalthorp]

Not knowing how the Admin has configured things you would need to ask them.