This automatically creates the skeleton for a new R script (newr). Download; make executable `chmod +x newr`; move here `sudo mv newr /usr/local/bin/newr`

rfile

#!/bin/bash

# Check if a file name is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <filename>"
  exit 1
fi

# Extract the file name and ensure it has the .R extension
filename="$1"
if [[ "$filename" != *.R ]]; then
  filename="${filename}.R"
fi

# Check if the file already exists
if [ -e "$filename" ]; then
  echo "Error: File '$filename' already exists. Aborting to prevent overwriting."
  exit 2
fi

# Get the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format
current_date=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")

# Create the R file with the comment
echo "#### ### ----------------- ### ####
# Nicholas Judd - njudd.com
# Stockholm University & Donders Institute
# File: $filename - Created on $current_date
#### ### ----------------- ### ####

# Goals:

# packages & data
if (!require(pacman)){install.packages('pacman')}; options(scipen = 999)
pacman::p_load(tidyverse, data.table)


" > "$filename"

# Notify the user
echo "Empty R file '$filename' created with the initial comment."