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NAME
R - a language for data analysis and graphics
SYNOPSIS
R
[options] [< infile] [> outfile]
R
CMD command [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
Start R, a system for statistical computation and graphics, with the
specified options, or invoke an R tool via the 'R CMD' interface.
R is a language which bears a passing resemblance to the S language
developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It provides support for a variety
of statistical and graphical analyses. R is a true computer language
which contains a number of control-flow constructions for iteration and
alternation. It allows users to add additional functionality by
defining new functions.
On systems which have the GNU readline(3) library, R will maintain
a command history, so that commands can be recalled, edited and
re-executed.
OPTIONS
Most options control what happens at the beginning and at the end of an
R session, in particular which files are being read and written, and how
much memory is reserved for the R process.
- -h, --help
-
Print short help message and exit
- --version
-
Print version info and exit
- --encoding=ENC
-
Specify encoding to be used for stdin
-
--encoding ENC
- RHOME
-
Print path to R home directory and exit
- --save
-
Do save workspace at the end of the session
- --no-save
-
Don't save it
- --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
- --no-restore-data
-
Don't restore previously saved objects
- --no-restore-history
-
Don't restore the R history file
- --no-restore
-
Don't restore anything
- --vanilla
-
Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file,
--no-init-file and --no-environ
- --no-readline
-
Don't use readline for command-line editing
- --max-ppsize=N
-
Set max size of protect stack to N
- --min-nsize=N
-
Set min number of fixed size obj's ("cons cells") to N
- --min-vsize=N
-
Set vector heap minimum to N bytes; '4M' = 4 MegaB
- -q, --quiet
-
Don't print startup message
- --silent
-
Same as --quiet
- -s, --no-echo
-
Make R run as quietly as possible
- --interactive
-
Force an interactive session
- --verbose
-
Print more information about progress
- -d, --debugger=NAME
-
Run R through debugger NAME
- --debugger-args=ARGS
-
Pass ARGS as arguments to the debugger
- -g TYPE, --gui=TYPE
-
Use TYPE as GUI; possible values are 'X11' (default)
and 'Tk'.
- --arch=NAME
-
Specify a sub-architecture
- --args
-
Skip the rest of the command line
- -f FILE, --file=FILE
-
Take input from 'FILE'
- -e EXPR
-
Execute 'EXPR' and exit
FILE may contain spaces but not shell metacharacters.
Commands:
- BATCH
-
Run R in batch mode
- COMPILE
-
Compile files for use with R
- SHLIB
-
Build shared library for dynamic loading
- INSTALL
-
Install add-on packages
- REMOVE
-
Remove add-on packages
- build
-
Build add-on packages
- check
-
Check add-on packages
- LINK
-
Front-end for creating executable programs
- Rprof
-
Post-process R profiling files
- Rdconv
-
Convert Rd format to various other formats
- Rd2pdf
-
Convert Rd format to PDF
- Rd2txt
-
Convert Rd format to pretty text
- Stangle
-
Extract S/R code from Sweave documentation
- Sweave
-
Process Sweave documentation
- Rdiff
-
Diff R output ignoring headers etc
- config
-
Obtain configuration information about R
- javareconf
-
Update the Java configuration variables
- rtags
-
Create Emacs-style tag files from C, R, and Rd files
Please use 'R CMD command --help' to obtain further information about
the usage of 'command'.
Options --arch, --no-environ, --no-init-file, --no-site-file and --vanilla
can be placed between R and CMD, to apply to R processes run by 'command'
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at <https://bugs.R-project.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2022 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License versions 2 or 3.
For more information about these matters see
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for R is provided by a collection of Texinfo
manuals and individual help for R objects which is also available
on-line.
Start R and type ?topic at the R prompt to obtain on-line
information for `topic'.
If the processed manuals have been installed they will be available as
DVI and/or PDF files in the doc/manual subdirectory of the documentation
directory tree (default `R RHOME`).
If the info program and the R manuals are installed on your
system, typing
info -f R-intro,
info -f R-data,
info -f R-exts,
info -f R-FAQ,
info -f R-lang and
info -f R-ints
should give you access to
``An Introduction to R''
(the basic manual),
the ``R Data Import/Export'' Guide, the ``R Extension Writer's Guide'',
the ``R FAQ'', the ``The R Language Definition'', and the ``R Internals''.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- Commands:
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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