istream=fopen("dummy.txt","rt"); for n = 1:4 fgetl(istream) endfor fpos=ftell(istream); first__pass = fgetl(istream) linecount=1; while ( ischar(fgetl(istream))) endwhile fseek(istream,fpos); second_pass = fgetl(istream) fgetl(istream) fclose(istream);