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6 R - a language for data analysis and graphics
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9 R [options] [< infile] [> outfile]
10 R CMD command [arguments]
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13 Start R, a system for statistical computation and graphics, with the
14 specified options, or invoke an R tool via the 'R CMD' interface.
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16 R is a language which bears a passing resemblance to the S language de‐
17 veloped at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It provides support for a variety
18 of statistical and graphical analyses. R is a true computer language
19 which contains a number of control-flow constructions for iteration and
20 alternation. It allows users to add additional functionality by defin‐
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23 On systems which have the GNU readline(3) library, R will maintain a
24 command history, so that commands can be recalled, edited and re-exe‐
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28 Most options control what happens at the beginning and at the end of an
29 R session, in particular which files are being read and written, and
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32 -h, --help
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35 --version
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38 --encoding=ENC
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41 --encoding ENC
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43 RHOME Print path to R home directory and exit
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45 --save Do save workspace at the end of the session
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50 --no-environ
51 Don't read the site and user environment files
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72 Combine --no-save, --no-restore, --no-site-file, --no-init-file
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85 Set vector heap minimum to N bytes; '4M' = 4 MegaB
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93 -s, --no-echo
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99 --verbose
100 Print more information about progress
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102 -d, --debugger=NAME
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108 -g TYPE, --gui=TYPE
109 Use TYPE as GUI; possible values are 'X11' (default) and 'Tk'.
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114 --args Skip the rest of the command line
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116 -f FILE, --file=FILE
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119 -e EXPR
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122 FILE may contain spaces but not shell metacharacters.
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127 COMPILE
128 Compile files for use with R
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130 SHLIB Build shared library for dynamic loading
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132 INSTALL
133 Install add-on packages
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135 REMOVE Remove add-on packages
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137 build Build add-on packages
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141 LINK Front-end for creating executable programs
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143 Rprof Post-process R profiling files
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145 Rdconv Convert Rd format to various other formats
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147 Rd2pdf Convert Rd format to PDF
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149 Rd2txt Convert Rd format to pretty text
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151 Stangle
152 Extract S/R code from Sweave documentation
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154 Sweave Process Sweave documentation
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156 Rdiff Diff R output ignoring headers etc
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158 config Obtain configuration information about R
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161 Update the Java configuration variables
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163 rtags Create Emacs-style tag files from C, R, and Rd files
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165 Please use 'R CMD command --help' to obtain further information about
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168 Options --arch, --no-environ, --no-init-file, --no-site-file and
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173 Report bugs at <https://bugs.R-project.org>.
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176 Copyright © 2022 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform:
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179 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are wel‐
180 come to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public Li‐
181 cense versions 2 or 3. For more information about these matters see
182 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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185 The full documentation for R is provided by a collection of Texinfo
186 manuals and individual help for R objects which is also available on-
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189 Start R and type ?topic at the R prompt to obtain on-line information
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192 If the processed manuals have been installed they will be available as
193 DVI and/or PDF files in the doc/manual subdirectory of the documenta‐
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196 If the info program and the R manuals are installed on your system,
197 typing info -f R-intro, info -f R-data, info -f R-exts, info -f R-FAQ,
198 info -f R-lang and info -f R-ints should give you access to ``An Intro‐
199 duction to R'' (the basic manual), the ``R Data Import/Export'' Guide,
200 the ``R Extension Writer's Guide'', the ``R FAQ'', the ``The R Language
201 Definition'', and the ``R Internals''.
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