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6 Rscript - front end for scripting with R
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9 Rscript [--options] [-e expr] file [args]
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12 A binary front-end to R, for use in scripting applications.
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14 expr An optional expression to be evaluated, used in place of expr.
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16 file Input file of R expressions
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18 args Optional further arguments to be processed by commandArgs in the
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22 --options accepted are
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36 and also options to R (in addition to --slave --no-restore), such as
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38 --save Do save workspace at the end of the session
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40 --no-environ
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53 Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file --no-init-file
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