`type`

Displays the contents of a text file in the command window.

Category: Data Import and Analysis > Data Import and Export

Syntax

type filename

Prints the file filename (command form).

type('filename')

Function form, useful when the name is in a variable.

Description

type reads the file as text and shows it exactly as stored, line by line, with a blank line before and after. It is the quickest way to check what writematrix, writelines or writestruct actually produced.

It is meant for text. Pointing it at a binary file prints unreadable characters. If the file cannot be found, an error is raised.

Input arguments

filename: Name or path of the file, with its extension when it has one.

Example

Show a file just written

writematrix([1 2; 3 4], 'type_demo.csv');
type type_demo.csv

Output


1,2
3,4

type