[R] help with function "system" and MS-DOS command TYPE

[jim holtman]

Try 'file.show'

On 1/30/07, Chen, Xiao <jingy1 at ucla.edu> wrote:
> Greetings -
>
> I have a quick question that I hope someone will have a quick answer. I
> have tried to use the R function "system" with the MS-DOS command "type"
> to display the full content of a text file. But it always returns with a
> message saying the text file is not found. I could accomplish the same
> task with the "cat" command which is one of the unix-like commands that
> I have installed on my windows machine. But I would like to know how it
> would work with the "type" command.
>
> Here is what I have tried:
>
> > zz<-file("d:/work/test/test.txt", "w")
> > cat("this is a test\n", file=zz)
> > close(zz)
> > system("cat test.txt", show.output.on.console=T)
> this is a test
> > system("type test.txt", show.output.on.console=T)
> test.txt not found
> >
>
>
> Thanks much for any help that you could offer.
>
> Best,
>
> Xiao Chen
> Statistical Consulting Group
> UCLA Academic Technology Services
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/
>
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