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Instructions to make a R script/program executable on *nix machines
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| Instructions to make a R script/program executable on *nix machines | |
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| Author: Srikanth KS | |
| Date : 12th February 2018 | |
| - We assume that R, Rscript and required R packages are installed. | |
| - 'Rscript' is a program to execute scripts/programs written in R language. | |
| - Add this shebang(without quotes) as the first line of the script: '#!/usr/bin/env Rscript'. | |
| - '.R' extension for the R script is not mandatory. Lets say the R script is 'myscript'. | |
| - Make your script executable by: 'sudo chmod u+x myscript'. | |
| - Move your script to '/usr/local/bin': 'sudo mv myscript /usr/local/bin' | |
| - Now 'myscript' is callable from terminal. | |
| - Suggestion: Use a package like 'docopt', 'optparse' etc to create a friendly interface for your script. |
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