% READTXTFILE - Read text file into a Matlab variable
%
% Usage: >> str = readtxtfile( filename );
%
% Input:
%   filename - [string] name of the file.
%
% Output:
%   str - [string] content of the file.
%
% Author: Arnaud Delorme, SCCN / INC / UCSD, August 2009

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function com = readtxtfile(filename)
        
    com = '';
    if ~exist(filename)
        disp([ 'Cannot find option file ' filename ]);
    else
        fid = fopen(filename, 'r');
        if fid == -1
            disp([ 'Cannot open option file ' filename ]);
        else
            com = '';
            while ~feof(fid)
                a = fgetl(fid);
                com = [ com 10 a ];
            end
            fclose(fid);
        end
    end
