diff --git a/R/fgetl-fopen.R b/R/fgetl-fopen.R
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+#' @title Read line from file, removing newline characters
+#' @description Equivalent function to its homonymous Matlab equivalent.
+#' @param file character vector to be read, usually an output of `fopen()`
+#' @return If the file is nonempty, then fgetl returns tline as a character vector. If the file is empty and contains only the end-of-file marker, then fgetl returns tline as a numeric value -1.
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @seealso fopen
+#' @export
+fgetl <- function(file) {
+	# ==========================================================================
+	# Validation
+	# ==========================================================================
+	if (length(file) <= 1) return(-1)
+	# ==========================================================================
+	# Returning file minus the first line
+	# ==========================================================================
+	out <- file[-1]
+	return(out)
+}
+
+#' @title Open file
+#' @description Open a text file
+#' @param filename Path and name of file to be open
+#' @return The same as `readLines(filename)`
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @seealso fgetl
+#' @export
+fopen <- function(filename) readLines(filename)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/man/fgetl.Rd b/man/fgetl.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/fgetl.R
+\name{fgetl}
+\alias{fgetl}
+\title{Read line from file, removing newline characters}
+\usage{
+fgetl(file)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{file}{character vector to be read, usually an output of `fopen()`}
+}
+\value{
+If the file is nonempty, then fgetl returns tline as a character vector. If the file is empty and contains only the end-of-file marker, then fgetl returns tline as a numeric value -1.
+}
+\description{
+Equivalent function to its homonymous Matlab equivalent.
+}
+\seealso{
+fopen
+}
+\author{
+Waldir Leoncio
+}
diff --git a/man/fopen.Rd b/man/fopen.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/fgetl.R
+\name{fopen}
+\alias{fopen}
+\title{Open file}
+\usage{
+fopen(filename)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{filename}{Path and name of file to be open}
+}
+\value{
+The same as `readLines(filename)`
+}
+\description{
+Open a text file
+}
+\seealso{
+fgetl
+}
+\author{
+Waldir Leoncio
+}