On Nov 7, 2012, at 12:08 , didier peeters wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I would like the run a R script in a batch mode. So i use a command line
> like this :
>
> for i in *.xlsx; do cat $i | echo 'argv <- $i; source("path/to/script.R")' |
> R --vanilla --slave ; done
>
> which gives the error " Erreur : '$' inattendu(e) dans "argv <- $" "
>
> i've also tried :
>
> for i in *.xlsx; do cat $i | R CMD BATCH --args $i "path/to/script.R" ; done
>
> which gives me nothing.
>
> The idea is to read dozens of similar excel files in a folder with gdata
> package and to write their content in another single file.
> My script works fine with a read.xls when i specify a file name, but and here
> I get the name of the file with :
> argv <- commandArgs(TRUE)
>
> This is all I've been able to find from various docs and I'm not familiar
> with the command line.
> What am I doing wrong ?
> Could anyone help me ?
You need to read up on shell command syntax. In particular, the "cat $i |
command" bit would pipe the content of the file $i into the command, which
makes no sense when the command is "echo" or "R". Also check up on the use of
single and double quotes.
>
> Didier
> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> _______________________________________________
> R-SIG-Mac mailing list
> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
--
Peter Dalgaard, Professor
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45)38153501
Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com
_______________________________________________
R-SIG-Mac mailing list
R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
