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Files: Textual filesystem browser

Description

Textual filesystem browser

Usage

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

Arguments

root

Root directory

multiple

Allows multiple files to be selected

hidden

Show hidden files?

Value

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

Details

Interactive text-based file chooser dialog. Alternatives for Linux: tcltk::tk_choose.files() and tcltk::tk_choose.dir()

See Also

setwd, getwd, dir

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
## interactive commands
setwd <- Files() # then select directory to work in
Files("~", hidden=TRUE) # explore home directory with hidden files (Linux, macOS)
# }

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