title: Open online file in Octave
body: <p>I would like to be able to download and open csv files from a known address through the Octave interface, without having to download the files and move them to the current folder separately. I am looking at downloading a large number of csv files and it will be a pain to do by hand.</p>
  
  <p>Ideally I would type something like dlmread('<a href="http://...csv" rel="nofollow">http://...csv</a>') and have Octave find the file for me. Of course, this doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>A solution for Matlab would also work for me. Thanks.</p>