[R] Passing command line parameters to a script

[Oleg Sklyar]

#!/bin/sh
echo 'a="${1}"; b="${2}"; source("myRcodeUsing_a_and_b.R"); ' | R 
--vanilla --quiet

and you can run this from shell like:

./callR valueOfa valueOfb

Best, Oleg

akintayo holder wrote:
> Hi,
>  Does any one know if it is possible to create an R script that can use
> command line parameters. I can execute an R script from the command line,
> but I  cannot figure out how to pass parameters to the script. The only
> resources I have found seem somewhat involved or incomplete.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> Akintayo
> 
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