octave / matlab：将文件写为纯文本

Question

Say I have a matrix

test =
{
  [1,1] = one
  [1,2] = two
  [1,3] = three
}

I want to write it into a file. I do

`save myfile.txt test`

But when I open the file with Notepad++ for example, I get MATLAB 5.0 MAT-file, written by Octave 3.2.4, 2013-07-11 15:23:20 UTC and then a bunch of NUL SOH BS ACK , etc...

Is there a way to just write the matrix into a plain text file so that it would look like:

1
2
3

Answer 1

Use the -ascii flag. From the save documentation :

-ascii

Save a single matrix in a text file without header or any other information.