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.TH R "1" "April 2024" "R 4.4.0" FSF
.SH NAME
R \- a language for data analysis and graphics
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B R
[\fIoptions\fR] [\fI< infile\fR] [\fI> outfile\fR]
.br
.B R
\fICMD command \fR[\fIarguments\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Start R, a system for statistical computation and graphics, with the
specified options, or invoke an R tool via the 'R CMD' interface.
.PP
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.
.LP
On systems which have the GNU \fBreadline\fP(3) library, R will maintain
a command history, so that commands can be recalled, edited and
re-executed.
.SH 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.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print short help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Print version info and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-encoding\fR=\fIENC\fR
Specify encoding to be used for stdin
.HP
\fB\-\-encoding\fR ENC
.TP
RHOME
Print path to R home directory and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-save\fR
Do save workspace at the end of the session
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-save\fR
Don't save it
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-environ\fR
Don't read the site and user environment files
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-site\-file\fR
Don't read the site-wide Rprofile
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-init\-file\fR
Don't read the user R profile
.TP
\fB\-\-restore\fR
Do restore previously saved objects at startup
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-restore\-data\fR
Don't restore previously saved objects
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-restore\-history\fR
Don't restore the R history file
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-restore\fR
Don't restore anything
.TP
\fB\-\-vanilla\fR
Combine \fB\-\-no\-save\fR, \fB\-\-no\-restore\fR, \fB\-\-no\-site\-file\fR,
\fB\-\-no\-init\-file\fR and \fB\-\-no\-environ\fR
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-readline\fR
Don't use readline for command-line editing
.TP
\fB\-\-max\-connections\fR=\fIN\fR
Set max number of connections to N
.TP
\fB\-\-max\-ppsize\fR=\fIN\fR
Set max size of protect stack to N
.TP
\fB\-\-min\-nsize\fR=\fIN\fR
Set min number of fixed size obj's ("cons cells") to N
.TP
\fB\-\-min\-vsize\fR=\fIN\fR
Set vector heap minimum to N bytes; '4M' = 4 MegaB
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Don't print startup message
.TP
\fB\-\-silent\fR
Same as \fB\-\-quiet\fR
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-no\-echo\fR
Make R run as quietly as possible
.TP
\fB\-\-interactive\fR
Force an interactive session
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print more information about progress
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debugger\fR=\fINAME\fR
Run R through debugger NAME
.TP
\fB\-\-debugger\-args\fR=\fIARGS\fR
Pass ARGS as arguments to the debugger
.TP
\fB\-g\fR TYPE, \fB\-\-gui\fR=\fITYPE\fR
Use TYPE as GUI; possible values are 'X11' (default)
and 'Tk'.
.TP
\fB\-\-arch\fR=\fINAME\fR
Specify a sub-architecture
.TP
\fB\-\-args\fR
Skip the rest of the command line
.TP
\fB\-f\fR FILE, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Take input from 'FILE'
.TP
\fB\-e\fR EXPR
Execute 'EXPR' and exit
.PP
FILE may contain spaces but not shell metacharacters.
.SS "Commands:"
.TP
BATCH
Run R in batch mode
.TP
COMPILE
Compile files for use with R
.TP
SHLIB
Build shared library for dynamic loading
.TP
INSTALL
Install add-on packages
.TP
REMOVE
Remove add-on packages
.TP
build
Build add-on packages
.TP
check
Check add-on packages
.TP
LINK
Front-end for creating executable programs
.TP
Rprof
Post-process R profiling files
.TP
Rdconv
Convert Rd format to various other formats
.TP
Rd2pdf
Convert Rd format to PDF
.TP
Rd2txt
Convert Rd format to pretty text
.TP
Stangle
Extract S/R code from Sweave documentation
.TP
Sweave
Process Sweave documentation
.TP
Rdiff
Diff R output ignoring headers etc
.TP
config
Obtain configuration information about R
.TP
javareconf
Update the Java configuration variables
.TP
rtags
Create Emacs-style tag files from C, R, and Rd files
.PP
Please use 'R CMD command \fB\-\-help\fR' to obtain further information about
the usage of 'command'.
.PP
Options \fB\-\-arch\fR, \fB\-\-no\-environ\fR, \fB\-\-no\-init\-file\fR, \fB\-\-no\-site\-file\fR and \fB\-\-vanilla\fR
can be placed between R and CMD, to apply to R processes run by 'command'
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs at <https://bugs.R-project.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2024 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
.PP
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/.
.SH "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.
.LP
Start R and type \fB?\fP\fItopic\fP at the R prompt to obtain on-line
information for `\fItopic\fP'.
.LP
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`).
.LP
If the \fBinfo\fP program and the R manuals are installed on your
system, typing 
\fBinfo -f R-intro\fP,
\fBinfo -f R-data\fP, 
\fBinfo -f R-exts\fP,
\fBinfo -f R-FAQ\fP, 
\fBinfo -f R-lang\fP and
\fBinfo -f R-ints\fP
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''.