function M=pyimportM(mainoutbase,N)
maintxt=['/opt/EDTpdv/' mainoutbase '.txt'];
fid=fopen(maintxt);
str=fread(fid,'*char');
fclose(fid);
str=str';
str=strrep(str,'Camera Temperature on Digitizer Board:','');
str=strrep(str,'Camera Temperature on Sensor Board:','');
str=strrep(str,' Celsius','');
str=strrep(str,'Start Time','');
str=strrep(str,'End Time','');
str=strrep(str,'s','');
str=strrep(str,'OK>','');
str=str2num(str);
ents=size(str,1);
n=1;
Ms=[];
M=[];
while n<ents-2
    Ms=[str(n) str(n+3) str(n+1) str(n+2)];
    M=cat(1,M,Ms);
    n=n+4;
end
M=M(1:N,:);