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.TH RSCRIPT "1" "October 2024" "Rscript (R)" FSF
.SH NAME
Rscript \- front end for scripting with R
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B Rscript
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIfile \fR[\fIargs\fR]
.br
.B Rscript
[\fIoptions\fR] \fI-e expr \fR[\fI-e expr2 \fR...] [\fIargs\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
A binary front-end to R, for use in scripting applications.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Print usage and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Print version and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print information on progress
.TP
\fB\-\-default\-packages\fR=\fILIST\fR
Attach these packages on startup;
a comma-separated LIST of package names, or 'NULL'
.SS "and options to R (in addition to --no-echo --no-restore), for example:"
.TP
\fB\-\-save\fR
Do save workspace at the end of the session
.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\-\-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
.PP
Expressions (one or more '-e <expr>') may be used *instead* of 'file'.
Any additional 'args' can be accessed from R via 'commandArgs(TRUE)'.
See also  ?Rscript  from within R.