[BioC] [R] R help from command line

[Peng Yu]

Thank you! I'm using linux.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Phil Spector<spector at stat.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Peng -
>   You didn't mention your OS, but under Linux or Mac, you
> could use
>
> echo "help(functionname)" | R --slave
>
>   I think most people who need to use multiple help pages use help.start()
> or help(functionname, htmlhelp=TRUE) to display help pages in a web browser.
>
>                                             - Phil
>
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Peng Yu wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I frequently need to open multiple help pages in R, which requires the
>> start of multiple R sessions. I am wondering if there is a way to
>> invoke the help page from the command line just like 'man'.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peng
>>
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