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% Download a text file from an FTP server and display its contents.
% First, connect to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) FTP server.

ftpobj = ftp('ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov')

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% Download a text file. The mget function downloads the file to the current folder on your machine.

mget(ftpobj,'README.txt');

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% Display the beginning of README.txt. To read the copy of README.txt downloaded to your computer, use the fileread function.

readme = fileread('README.txt');
readme(1:95)

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