read in a 40 line text file in matlab

main.m
filename = 'your_file.txt';  % Specify the name of the text file
fileID = fopen(filename, 'r');  % Open the file for reading

% Read the entire file line by line
for i = 1:40
    line = fgetl(fileID);
    disp(line);  % Display the current line to the command window
end

fclose(fileID);  % Close the file
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