Readint in multiple .cdf files from a text file

I am needing to open a large number of .cdf files and want to build a loop. Using the ls -1 > file.txt command I created a text file that lists all of the paths of the files I want to open. When I look at it in matlab it looks like this:

micro_use =

    '/home/halleykh/test/arps5.2.12/output_test/micro_000600.cdf'
    '/home/halleykh/test/arps5.2.12/output_test/micro_001200.cdf'
    '/home/halleykh/test/arps5.2.12/output_test/micro_001800.cdf'
    '/home/halleykh/test/arps5.2.12/output_test/micro_002400.cdf'
    '/home/halleykh/test/arps5.2.12/output_test/micro_003000.cdf'
    '/home/halleykh/test/arps5.2.12/output_test/micro_003600.cdf'

When using the netcdf.open command it says that the file name does not exist. I know that it's because of the single quotes. My question is, how do I remove them so that I can open the files in a loop? Thanks.

Answer 1

[Ashish Uthama]

1. You want cdfread not netcdf.open to read CDF files.
2. It looks like micro_use is a cell array. Use micro_use{index} to access the file name string. Using micro_use[index] gives you a 1x1 cell array which is not what a file reader expects. This blog post ought to make for interesting reading.