fgetl (Matlab function) ======================= Read line(s) from file, discard newline character Matlab/Scilab equivalent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Matlab** **Scilab** :: fgetl :: `mgetl`_ Particular cases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matlab **fgetl** reads file line per line while Scilab **mgetl** allows to read the whole file. Matlab **fgetl** returns **-1** if it could not read a line in file but Scilab **mgetl** returns an empty string is this case. You can used **meof** to check if End Of File has been reached.