read_files: Read Files

In poissonconsulting/filer: Read and Write Bulk Files

Description

Reads multiple files from a directory.

Usage

read_files(.dir = ".", .pattern = "[.]rds$", .fun = readRDS,
  .recursive = FALSE, .hidden = FALSE, .silent = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

.dir	A string of the path to the directory.
.pattern	A string of the regular expression to use when searching for files. To include all files use ".*".
.fun	The function to use when reading each file. The first argument must be the name of the file.
.recursive	A flag indicating whether to recurse into subdirectories.
.hidden	A flag indicating whether to include hidden files.
.silent	A flag indicating whether error messages should be suppressed when trying to read a file.
...	Additional arguments passed to .fun

Value

A named list of the files.

See Also

list.files

Examples

dir <- system.file("extdata", package = "filer")
objects <- read_files(dir)
lapply(objects, head)

poissonconsulting/filer documentation built on Feb. 17, 2021, 3:26 a.m.