textfile

Provides a one-call interface to read/write flat text files or line-based text files.

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This convenience function provides one-call read/write access to a flat text or line-based text file using calls of the following form.

content = textfile(filename);
textfile(filename, content);

The content can be returned as a char array, or a cell array of lines in the file. Some additional options are provided (see help).

Cite As

Ben Mitch (2026). textfile (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/29477-textfile), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

Linux implementation was broken, now is fixed.

1.0.0.0