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From: Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no>
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Subject: Re: quick question about 'textscan'
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On 14 Sep, 20:33, "Apurva Dave" <|remove.this|apurva.dave|
remove.th...@duke.edu> wrote:

> Is there anyway I can make edits to my data files? E.g. within a loop, open each data file with read/write permissions, find and remove all metadata and comments?

Yes, there is: Write a parser.

Rune