guess_file_metadata: Guess Metadata about a Text File

In KWB-R/fakin.path.app: Shiny App to Visualise File Paths

Description

Guess Metadata about a Text File

Usage

guess_file_metadata(file, n_first_rows = 1000, ...)

Arguments

file	path to text file
n_first_rows	number of first rows of file from which to guess the meta information.
...	further arguments passed to fakin.path.app:::read_lines, such as fileEncoding

Value

data frame with columns

• paths: does the file seem to contain path information, i.e. were slashes or backslashes found?

• forbidden: does the file contain characters that are forbidden in file paths?

• header: does the file seem to contain a header row?

• windows: are the paths given in "windows"-style, i.e. are the path segments separated by backslash?

• sep: column separator guessed

• ncol: number of columns guessed

and attributes

• file: a copy of the file path given in file

• first_rows: first n_first_rows rows of file

• columns (optional): column headers if the file is assumed to contain a header row

KWB-R/fakin.path.app documentation built on Nov. 25, 2020, 10:20 p.m.