How can I bring the xticklabels closer to the x-axis/xticks?

How can I bring the xticklabels closer to the x-axis/xticks?

plot(1:10,1:10)
set(gca,'Fontsize',20,'FontWeight','normal',...
    'LineWidth',1,'TickDir','out','box','off',...
    'TickLength',[0.05 0.05]);

Answer 1

[Sim]

Sorry, siilly question... I got it:

plot(1:10,1:10)
set(gca,'Fontsize',20,'FontWeight','normal',...
    'LineWidth',1,'TickDir','out','box','off',...
    'TickLength',[0.05 0.05]);
a=gca;
a.XRuler.TickLabelGapOffset = -8;