How to skip last n rows while reading a csv file using readtable?

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I have a csv file that I want to read as table in MATLAB using readtable command. However, I know that last few lines are corrupted or not reliable and I want to skip them. How can I do that using readtable. Note that a similar function is available in python's panda package for read.csv by supplying skipfooter.

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Rahul Bhadani
Rahul Bhadani on 16 Feb 2021
I was overthinking. It is very simple to do actually.
T= readtable(csvfile,'PreserveVariableNames',true);
n_skip = 5;
T = T(1:end-n_skip,:);

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KALYAN ACHARJYA
KALYAN ACHARJYA on 16 Feb 2021
Edited: KALYAN ACHARJYA on 16 Feb 2021
This way?
data_table=readtable('filename');
%want to remove n rows from last
n=;...?
data=data_table(1:end-n,:)
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