berryFunctions (version 1.7.1)

combineFiles: combine several Textfiles into one

Description

Combine several textfiles into one, regardless of their content.

Usage

combineFiles(inFiles=dir(), inDir=getwd(),
outFile="combined_Textfiles.txt", outDir=inDir,
sep=NULL, names=TRUE, selection=NULL, quiet=FALSE)

Arguments

inFiles

vector with names of input files, as can be read with scan. Is pasted with inDir, so don't use full paths. DEFAULT: dir()

inDir

Character string: path to the files. E.g. "D:/MyFolder/Subfolder". Don't have / at the end. DEFAULT: getwd().

outFile

Character string: name of the file to be created. Again, just the file name, not a path. DEFAULT: "combined_Textfiles.txt"

outDir

Character string: path for output file. DEFAULT: inDir

sep

Character string: Separation between content of each file and the following. DEFAULT: NULL, with which it uses an empty line, two lines with dashes, and another line break.

names

Should File names be included after sep? DEFAULT: TRUE

selection

Index of rows that should be written. Can refer to each file separately, e.g. substr(inFile_i,1,1)=="#", DEFAULT: all lines

quiet

Suppress message about number of files combined? DEFAULT: FALSE

Value

• None, but prints number of files combined and output file name.

See Also

compareFiles, and the functions used internally here, namely: paste, scan, write.

Examples

# These are skipped by rcmd check (writing to external places is not allowed)
cat("This is Sparta.\nKicking your face.", file="BujakashaBerry1.txt")
cat("Chuck Norris will roundhousekick you.", file="BujakashaBerry2.txt")
combineFiles(inFiles=paste0("BujakashaBerry", 1:2, ".txt"), 
             outFile="BujakashaBerry3.txt")
file.show("BujakashaBerry3.txt")
unlink(paste0("BujakashaBerry", 1:3, ".txt"))