Files

How to change a file’s last modified date with R

This relatively quick post goes through how to change a file's last modified date with base R. How to change…

6 years ago

10 R functions for Linux commands and vice-versa

This post will go through 10 different Linux commands and their R alternatives. If you're interested in learning more R…

6 years ago

Getting data from PDFs the easy way with R

Earlier this year, a new package called tabulizer was released in R, which allows you to automatically pull out tables…

6 years ago

R: How to create, delete, move, and more with files

Though Python is usually thought of over R for doing system administration tasks, R is actually quite useful in this…

6 years ago

File Manipulation with Python

Getting started Python is great for automating file creation, deletion, and other types of file manipulations.  Two of the primary…

7 years ago