| .TH Rscript "1" "April 2007" "R scripting" FSF |
| .SH NAME |
| Rscript \- front end for scripting with R |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B Rscript |
| [\fI--options\fR] [\fI-e expr\fR] \fIfile \fR[\fIargs\fR] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| A binary front-end to R, for use in scripting applications. |
| .TP |
| \fBexpr\fR |
| An optional expression to be evaluated, used in place of \fBfile\fR. |
| .TP |
| \fBfile\fR |
| Input file of R expressions |
| .TP |
| \fBargs\fR |
| Optional further arguments to be processed by \fIcommandArgs\fR |
| in the R interpreter. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| \fB\-\-options\fR accepted are |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-help\fR |
| Print usage and exit |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-version\fR |
| Print version and exit |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-verbose\fR |
| Print information on progress |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-default\-packages\fR=\fIlist\fR |
| Where 'list' is a comma-separated set |
| of package names, or 'NULL' |
| .PP |
| and also options to R (in addition to \fB\-\-slave\fR \fB\-\-no\-restore\fR), |
| such as |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-save\fR |
| Do save workspace at the end of the session |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-no\-environ\fR |
| Don't read the site and user environment files |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-no\-site\-file\fR |
| Don't read the site-wide Rprofile |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-no\-init\-file\fR |
| Don't read the user R profile |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-restore\fR |
| Do restore previously saved objects at startup |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-vanilla\fR |
| Combine \fB\-\-no\-save\fR, \fB\-\-no\-restore\fR, \fB\-\-no\-site\-file\fR |
| \fB\-\-no\-init\-file\fR and \fB\-\-no\-environ\fR |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR R(1) |
