Hello all together,

I want to download a .txt file and to save it to my hard disk so that I can read it into Matlab afterwards. This is my code:
urlwrite('https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist.txt', 'filterliste.txt')

When I try this the following error message occurs:
??? Error using ==> urlwrite at 140
Error downloading URL. Your network connection may be down or
your proxy settings improperly configured. 

My guess is that the ending .txt occurs this error message. But how can i download the/ a .txt file?

Thanks a lot!
Max

"Max" wrote in message <imqebj$9n9$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hello all together,
> 
> I want to download a .txt file and to save it to my hard disk so that I can read it into Matlab afterwards. This is my code:
> urlwrite('https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist.txt', 'filterliste.txt')
> 
> When I try this the following error message occurs:
> ??? Error using ==> urlwrite at 140
> Error downloading URL. Your network connection may be down or
> your proxy settings improperly configured. 
> 
> My guess is that the ending .txt occurs this error message. But how can i download the/ a .txt file?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Max

I had the same problem, it was because my proxy settings were not configured. You should check File>Preferences>Web and configure it so that you Success the Test connection.