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front end for scripting with R

Synopsis

Rscript [options] file [args]
Rscript [options] -e expr [-e expr2 ...] [args]

Description

A binary front-end to R, for use in scripting applications.

Options

--help

Print usage and exit

--version

Print version and exit

--verbose

Print information on progress

--default-packages=LIST

Attach these packages on startup; a comma-separated LIST of package names, or 'NULL'

and options to R (in addition to --no-echo --no-restore), for example

--save

Do save workspace at the end of the session

--no-environ

Don't read the site and user environment files

--no-site-file

Don't read the site-wide Rprofile

--no-init-file

Don't read the user R profile

--restore

Do restore previously saved objects at startup

--vanilla

Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file, --no-init-file and --no-environ

Expressions (one or more '-e <expr>') may be used *instead* of 'file'. Any additional 'args' can be accessed from R via 'commandArgs(TRUE)'. See also  ?Rscript  from within R.

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