HOW TO CONVERT AN .OUT FILE TO .TXT FILE VIA MATLAB

Hello

Does anybody knows how to convert an .out file to .txt file via Matlab?

Answer 1

[dpb]

There's nothing about the file content that is specific to the name including the extension.

fn='yourfile.out';
[~,f]=fileparts(fn);
movefile(fn,[f '.txt'])

[Ivan Mich]

Im affraid that it doesn't work. Command window shows me

"Unexpected MATLAB operator."

[dpb]

Somehow the cut 'n paste ended up w/ the dot outside and trailing the quote marks...see typo corrected above...

[Ivan Mich]

I am sorry but I don't exactly understand How to write the command "movefile"

[Walter Roberson]

movefile() is written just like dpb shows. The syntax is

movefile(OldFileName, NewFileName)

dpb is using standard MATLAB library calls to analyze the file name stored in the variable fn to get the name of the file excluding the file extension, and then puts a new extension on.

However, he did make a typing mistake: the last line should have been

movefile(fn,[f '.txt'])

[Ivan Mich]

Thank you Both !!!!! It works !!

But I have to ask one last detail. If i have files like these : As1.out,As2.out,..., As100.out and I want to convert them all together to .txt files. What changes I have to make to the previous commands?

[Walter Roberson]

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_process_a_sequence_of_files.3F

[dpb]

Or more simply use the OS and just

!ren A*.out *.txt

Thanks for the catch on the new extension, Walter, I totally missed that part of the cleanup where I had pasted in the first name again...did fixup the Answer for posterity.

[Ivan Mich]

Thank you again !!!