[SOLVED] passing variable in r system command

Issue

I am trying to pass variable as an argument to system command in R.

> system("ls>abc.csv")  #this works
> k<-"abc.csv"          
> system("ls>k")        #this does not work
> system2("ls>k")       #this does not work
sh: ls>k: command not found
> system("ls>$k")      #this does not work
sh: $k: ambiguous redirect

Solution

You can use paste to build the OS command and pass to system

system(paste("ls >", k))

Answered By - Sonny

Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)