io format specifier question

[marco restelli]

Dear list members,
   I need to read an ASCII file containing floating point numbers as

 0.112977-141

which stands for 0.112977E-141 (i.e., the E is omitted). The point is,
fscanf(fp,'%e') treats this as two numbers, and using

line = fgets(fp);
x = str2num(line);

I get x = 0.112977 - 141 = -140.89

Is there a way to make octave understand this format?

(Notice that writing 0.112977-141 in place of 0.112977E-141 is
standard conforming behavior for FORTRAN programs)

Thank you,
   Marco