get.skip attempts to determine the number of rows that could be skipped when reading text files.
get.skip(file, n = 1, pattern = NULL)The skip value. If no value is determined 0 (zero) is returned.
(character). The file name.
(integer). The number of lines to be read by readLines().
(character). A search pattern like, e.g., a column name that is used to find a particular
line in the file to determine the skip value.