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Hi - I think your plan should be fine; let me know if there's any  
problem with it.
The "feat" command line script will run feat_model to create all the  
other files derived from design.fsf so you should be fine.
Cheers.


On 10 Jul 2007, at 01:17, Martin M Monti wrote:

> Dear FSL gurus,
>
> I have a few quick questions about scripting with FSL, especially  
> FEAT.
>
> I (obviously) run the same first level analysis on multiple  
> subjects. The only difference across runs and subjects typically is  
> functional files input (and their name, of course) and EV files  
> (each sub/run has a different random order of the tasks).
>
> It's simple enough to create one "master" .fsf file --typically  
> from the GUI, open it in some text editor and run a "replace" to  
> change the folder names, functional and anatomical data-in files  
> and the regressor file names. Functional files, though, have  
> different number of TRs both across runs of a single sub and across  
> subjects.
>
> Of course I can set the number in each .fsf file manually, for each  
> subject/run, what I'd like to know is if it is necessary to do this  
> or whether FEAT (NOT  the GUI though, the command line) will verify  
> the number of TRs in each input-file as it starts-up runs or  
> whether it will "believe" the number of TRs specified in the .fsf  
> file.
>
> Following up on that, say that I do all of the above:
> - create on e "master" .fsf file using the GUI with one of my subjects
> - replace, in some text editor, filenames and # of TRs and  
> create .fsf files for all of the remaining subjects
>
> is there any necessity of opening the file in the GUI and saving it  
> from there prior to submitting it via the command line (i.e. feat  
> Sub1_run1.fsf ), except for the fact that it will nicely help me  
> detect missing/incorrect files should there be any? (for example,  
> do I need all the additional files to be created beforehand?)
>
> all the best
>
> martin
>
>
> "I've often seen a Cat without a Grin, but a Grin without a Cat!  
> It's the most curious thing I ever saw in all my Life!", thought  
> Alice.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Martin M. Monti, PhD
> Princeton University
> Department of Psychology
> Green Hall 3-S-8
> (609) 258-5679
> www.webmartin.net
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