Specify file path problem

I am trying to specify a file path on a Mac and I get the following message;

>> data = load('/User/nickward/Desktop/Geostrophyreport/Matlab/profile021.txt'); Error using load Unable to read file '/User/nickward/Desktop/Geostrophyreport/Matlab/profile021.txt'. No such file or directory.

I have tried various combinations of path but none seem to work.

I am a total novice and the threads I have looked at don't seem to resolve the problem.

Thanks

Answer 1

[Chad Greene]

On my Mac it's Users (plural), not User. Is that the issue?

[Nick Ward]

It doesn't seem to make a difference. It's as if the file isn't in the location, but it is as you can see on the left hand pane. Is there a particular way this should be added? It's just a .txt file. Thanks Nick

[Chad Greene]

Dang, that's strange. You're already in that folder, so you shouldn't even need to specify the full file path. But it should work either way.

[Chad Greene]

Is it the missing underscore in _021? What happens if you type

which 'profile_021.txt'

[Nick Ward]

Yes it is :) Thanks very much for helping. I have tried with the underscore before but I must have also changed something else. Thanks again

[Sindhu Sindhu]

I have a similar issue while reading the file in macbook - readpath = ('/Users/radhekrishna/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs'); it gives error. Please help me in this regard.

[Image Analyst]

@Sindhu Sindhu what do these show in the command window:

dirList1 = dir('/Users/radhekrishna/Library/Mobile Documents')
dirList2 = dir('/Users/radhekrishna/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs')

[Sindhu Sindhu]

still there is a error in loading files. How to load matfiles which is in a folder in macbook? please help.