[R] Reading multiple files into R

[Vikas Rawal]

I want to read data from a number of files into R.
Reading individual files one by one requires writing enormous amount of 
code that will look something like the following.

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maptools:::dbf.read("wb-01vc.dbf")->dist1
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-02vc.dbf")->dist2
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-03vc.dbf")->dist3
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-04vc.dbf")->dist4
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-05vc.dbf")->dist5
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-06vc.dbf")->dist6
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-07vc.dbf")->dist7
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-08vc.dbf")->dist8
maptools:::dbf.read("wb-09vc.dbf")->dist9
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Is there a better way of doing this?

Vikas