[R] writing R shell scripts?

[FWS]

Use the all powerful "here document" feature of bash:

R --vanilla << "EOF" #  Pipe all subsequent lines into R.
####### Here's my R code

require(tcltk)
tkmessageBox(message="It works")

###### the end
EOF


Mike Miller wrote:
> I'm new to the list.  I've used R and S-PLUS a bit for about 15 years but 
> am now working to make R my main program for all numerical and statistical 
> computing.  I also use Octave for this kind of work and I recommend it (it 
> is also under the GPL).  Here's my question:  In Octave I can write shell 
> scripts in the Linux/UNIX environment that begin with a line like this...
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/octave -q
> 
> ...and the remaining lines are octave commands.  Is it possible to do this 
> sort of thing in R using something like this?:
> 
> #!/usr/lib/R/bin/R.bin
> 
> Well, that isn't quite it because I tried it and it didn't work!
> 
> Any advice greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mike
>