Maybe the spelling is slightly differently than you think. List all filenames ending in csv:
dir(patt = "csv$") If there is only one then: fn <- dir(patt = "csv$") read.csv(fn) or if there are many and its the second read.csv(fn[2]) On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Williams, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > I appologise for cluttering up the list with such a basic question, > however I have been unable to find the answer I want (possibly through > my poor usage of the R help system). > As I am visually impaired and using assistive technology, I think I > would prefer to use R from the terminal mode, i.e. by running rterm.exe > found in the bin directory. > I have managed to set my working directory, I know this as typing > getwd() returns > u:/copd/r > which is the directory I want. In this directory is a file named > InitialDataAnalysis.csv > which I would like to read in to R. However, I am simply unable to find > the surely simple command to do this. Just typing > InitialDataAnalysis.csv reports "object not found" etc, as does > read.file("InitialDataAnalysis.csv") etc. I am surely making a simple > mistake? Please could someone tell me how to read this file in to the > terminal window? > I know the file is in the directory and in the correct format as I am > able to open it successfully in the R GUI, in this environment the file > works properly, I can subset it, make dataframes etc, but as I say I > would like to be able to do this in the terminal rather than the GUI. > I am new to R so please have patients with this request. > Many thanks for any help, > Robin. > > > Robin Williams > Met Office summer intern - Health Forecasting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.