This is an inefficient format, so be warned: you are going to get a datafile.
The WCRP GCOS GPCC Monitoring MONTHLY version1 1p0 absolute systematic gauge error data are available as a columnar table, i.e. as multiple columns of data, intended primarily to be read. However, if you have other intentions for this table, or simply do not like the default choices, you may want to choose from the columnar tables with options.