Read a whole text file into a MATLAB variable at once

Question

I would like to read a (fairly big) log file into a MATLAB string cell in one step. I have used the usual:

s={};
fid = fopen(\'test.txt\');
tline = fgetl(fid);
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Answer 1

s = regexp(fileread('test.txt'), '(\r\n|\n|\r)', 'split');

The seashells example in Matlab's regexp documentation is directly on-point.