shipunov (version 1.17.1)

Files: Textual file system browser

Description

Textual file system browser

Usage

Files(root=getwd(), multiple=FALSE, hidden=FALSE)

Value

Returns character vector of selected files, or directory name (useful for 'setwd()'), or new user-defined file name with full path.

Arguments

root

Root directory to explore, default is the working directory

multiple

Allows multiple files to be selected

hidden

Show hidden files?

Author

Alexey Shipunov

Details

Interactive text-based file chooser dialog, modified from code published by "mathematical.coffee" on Stack Overflow as "R command-line file dialog".

If 'multiple=TRUE', one can select files one by one (they will "disappear" from the displayed list), and typing "0" will output this list. If "multiple=FALSE", typing "0" will output the name of the current directory.

Files() uses normalizePath() so symbolic links will be resolved. Also, Files() is not very useful when number of files in the directory is large.

Alternatives for Linux: 'tcltk::tk_choose.files()' and 'tcltk::tk_choose.dir()'

See Also

setwd, getwd, dir

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## interactive commands
setwd <- Files() # then select directory to work in
Files("~", hidden=TRUE) # explore home directory with hidden files (Linux, macOS)
}