how to open mat file without using MATLAB

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I have done a project in Matlab and now I have uninstalled Matlab  Now  I need some reference of my project  I m left with all the  mat files  I m trying to open them in notepad and I m getting unicode characters over there  My question is simple  How do I open the Matlab code in  mat file into notepad or some word processor

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Download Notepad    notepad-plus-plus org  it opens nearly any file format and recognizes  breaks  comments and does all the same color coding as the original language formatting

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mat files contain binary data  so you will not be able to open them easily with a word processor  There are some options for opening them outside of MATLAB   If all you need to do is look at the files  you could obtain Octave  which is a free  but somewhat slower implementation of MATLAB  You can refer to How do you open  mat files in Octave  for more information on the subject  You can get octave from http   www gnu org software octave download html  The interface is very similar to MATLAB s   As NKN and Ergodicity mentioned  there are python libaries available for this as well   The most hardcore solution would be to write your own processor from scratch  The MAT file specification is available from MathWorks at http   www mathworks com help pdf doc matlab matfile format pdf

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A  mat-file is a compressed binary file  It is not possible to open it with a text editor  except you have a special plugin as Dennis Jaheruddin says   Otherwise you will have to convert it into a text file  csv for example  with a script  This could be done by python for example  Read  mat files in Python

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There s a really nice easy way to do this in Macintosh OsX   A fellow has made a quicklook plugin  command-space  that renders  mat formats so you can view the variables inside etc   Quite useful  https   github com jaketmp matlab-quicklook releases

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I didn t use it myself but heard of a simple tool  not a text editor  for this so it is definitely possible without setting up a programming environment  by installing octave or python   A quick search hints that it was possible with total commander   A lightweight tool with an easy point and click interface  I would not be surprised if this still works  but I can t guarantee it

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You don t need to download any new software  You can use Octave Online to open  m files

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If you are using the free software R  you can open the matlab files in Rstudio  Very easy

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