Run Rscript from terminal

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Usually when programming in R I use Rstudio as IDE.

But if you want to run an R script directly from the terminal because you need it for your workflow you can keep reading.

To run a MacOS terminal script you need to add it in your .zshrc this line

export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/Current/Resources:$PATH"

First, check that the path is also correct for your computer and that the Rscript file is there.

After verifying and adding the correct path in the .zshrc file do:

source .zshrc

Now, if you write Rscript followed by the name of the R script it will be executed in the terminal.

Image by author (option of Rscript)

For example, if you want to run an R script from a Python script, you can do this:

subprocess.run('source ~/.zshrc; Rscript --vanilla ../Bayesian/script_for_gui.r  query_row.csv result.csv',  shell=True)

If you have any problems or if you have solved them in any other way do not hesitate to write them in the comments!

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