Conversion dat file into m file

Hi, I am struggling with converting .dat file into .m file. Would you please solve my issue?

I included the link where dowloaded the file.

ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/uhslc/fast

Answer 1

[KALYAN ACHARJYA]

Why m file ?

Use the readtable or readmatrix function and save the file in allowable format. .m file represents as MATLAB script file. You can save the data file other different formats.