BATCH {base}

R Documentation

Batch Execution of R

Description

Run R non-interactively with input from a given file and place output (stdout/stderr) to another file.

Usage

R CMD BATCH [options] infile [outfile]

Arguments

infile	the name of a file with R code to be executed.
options	a list of R command line options, e.g., for setting the amount of memory available and controlling the load/save process. If infile starts with a -, use -- as the final option.
outfile	the name of a file to which to write output. If not given, the name used is the one of infile, with a possible ‘.R’ extension stripped, and ‘.Rout’ appended.

Details

By default, the input commands are printed along with the output. To suppress this behavior, add options(echo = FALSE) at the beginning of infile.

The infile can have end of line marked by LF or CRLF (but not just CR), and files with a missing EOL mark are processed correctly.

Using R CMD BATCH sets the GUI to "none", so none of x11, jpeg and png are available.

Note

Unlike Splus BATCH, this does not run the R process in the background. In most shells, R CMD BATCH [options] infile [outfile] & will do so.

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