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Waldir Leoncio
Waldir Leoncio

Reputation: 11411

How to silently remove files in R

Given the following code:

x <- 1
save(x, file = "x")
file.remove("x")

The file.remove() command successfully removes the x file. However, it returns TRUE to the R console. How do I keep it from doing that?

I've tried things like file.remove("x", silent = TRUE), but it seems that whatever I add to the function is interpreted as a file name, since the above returns cannot remove file 'TRUE', reason 'No such file or directory'.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1994

Answers (1)

Rich Scriven
Rich Scriven

Reputation: 99381

Try wrapping the call with invisible

x <- 1
save(x, file = "x")
invisible(file.remove("x"))

Upvotes: 15

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