Execute R commands from a shell script [duplicate]

Question

I need to Run R interpreter within a shell script an issue some predefined R commands through the shell script. Is this possible?

Right now I have a shell script as follows.

#!/bin/bash

echo "Starting R"

R

This starts an interactive R shell. Now I need to issue some R commands using the same shell script. any ideas?

Mark Setchell · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-02 06:15:39Z

1

You can use a here document:

... bash stuff
...
/usr/bin/R --no-save << EOT
x<-2*pi*(0.1*(0:10))
print(cbind(x,sin(x)))
quit("no")
EOT
...
... bash stuff

answered Oct 2, 2015 at 6:15

Mark Setchell

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plotting doesn't seem to work with this approach. any idea on how I could make plotting also work?