read_file {readr} | R Documentation |
read_file()
reads a complete file into a single object: either a
character vector of length one, or a raw vector. write_file()
takes a
single string, or a raw vector, and writes it exactly as is. Raw vectors
are useful when dealing with binary data, or if you have text data with
unknown encoding.
read_file(file, locale = default_locale()) read_file_raw(file) write_file(x, path, append = FALSE)
file |
Either a path to a file, a connection, or literal data (either a single string or a raw vector). Files ending in Literal data is most useful for examples and tests. It must contain at least one new line to be recognised as data (instead of a path). |
locale |
The locale controls defaults that vary from place to place.
The default locale is US-centric (like R), but you can use
|
x |
A data frame to write to disk |
path |
Path or connection to write to. |
append |
If |
read_file
: A length 1 character vector.
read_lines_raw
: A raw vector.
read_file(file.path(R.home("doc"), "AUTHORS")) read_file_raw(file.path(R.home("doc"), "AUTHORS")) tmp <- tempfile() x <- format_csv(mtcars[1:6, ]) write_file(x, tmp) identical(x, read_file(tmp)) read_lines(x)