transform.file.sniff.text: Extract the text of a file for format sniffing.
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transform.file.sniff.text R Documentation
Extract the text of a file for format sniffing.
Description
Read the beginning of a file and return the printable characters it contains, so that the file
can be identified by markers in its content without failing on binary data.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'file.sniff.text'
transform(filepath, num_bytes = 256L)
Arguments
filepath
character string, the path to the file.
num_bytes
integer, the number of bytes to inspect.
Value
character string, the printable characters of the beginning of the file.
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View source: R/read_fs_transform.R
| transform.file.sniff.text | R Documentation |
Extract the text of a file for format sniffing.
Description
Read the beginning of a file and return the printable characters it contains, so that the file can be identified by markers in its content without failing on binary data.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'file.sniff.text'
transform(filepath, num_bytes = 256L)
Arguments
filepath |
character string, the path to the file. |
num_bytes |
integer, the number of bytes to inspect. |
Value
character string, the printable characters of the beginning of the file.
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