Executable script

[Jovani]

Hello,

Guys, I can make an executable .exe from my script that is in R? I saw it in some forums that you can do in others not. I did some tests, but without effectiveness.

Does anyone know how to do ??

Thank you!

Best regards.

[mattwarkentin]

Adding a Rscript shebang at the top of the script and changing the mode to rwx via chmod certainly gives an executable "feel". Someone else can perhaps offer better answers than I can.

For example, if you create a script called script.R containing:

#!/usr/local/bin/Rscript --vanilla

print(head(iris))

Then in a shell (on linux or Mac OS)

chmod 755 script.R

Then run the script

./script.R

  Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa

[Jovani]

Thanks for the answer. Sorry, but I didn't understand how an executable script can be. I don't know if I asked correctly, but I intend to make an .exe file that when when I double click on the file, it will run the script and apply the desired functions. In my case I would like to show the graph

This is the script:

#database
df <-structure (list (Latitude = c (-23.8, -23.8, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9 , -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9, -23.9), Longitude = c (-49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, - 49.6, -49.7, -49.7, -49.7, -49.7, -49.7, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6, -49.6), Waste = c (526, 350, 526, 469, 285, 175, 175, 350, 350, 175 , 350, 175, 175, 364, 175, 175, 350, 45.5, 54.6)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c (NA, -19L))
Q1 <-matrix (quantile (df $ Waste, probs = 0.25))
df_Q1 <-subset (df, Waste> Q1 [1])
#cluster
d <-dist (df_Q1)
fit.average <-hclust (d, method = "average")
clusters <-cutree (fit.average, k = 4)
plot (clusters)

[mattwarkentin]

What operating system are you using?

[Jovani]

I'm using Windows 10

[mattwarkentin]

Probably best to write an executable script that calls the R script. I don't use Windows so I can't offer a full solution how to do this, but in Mac OS, I create a .command file that I can double-click that calls to the Rscript.

Lets say I have a file called runme.command:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

/path/to/file.R

Where file.R has:

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript --vanilla

library(ggplot2)

p <- ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_histogram()

ggsave('/path/to/figure.pdf', p)
system('open /path/to/figure.pdf')

When double-clicking the executable file, it runs the Rscript in a new shell and opens the newly generated plot using the default system PDF viewer.

[Jovani]

Hello, I managed to generate the pdf, however I double click on the executable, but it does not execute.

I did it as follows:

#file. R

library (ggplot2)
p <- ggplot (iris, aes (Sepal.Length)) + geom_histogram (bins = 10)
ggsave ('C: / Users / Jovani Souza / Documents / figure.pdf', p)
system ('open C: / Users / Jovani Souza / Documents / figure.pdf')

#teste.cmd

To create the executable I followed the following steps based in this site https://www.google.com/amp/s/khailiangtech.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/how-to-create-a-cmd-command-file/amp/ :

1 ° I executed the notepad

2 ° Insert the following function:

C: / Users / Jovani Souza / Documents / file.R

3 ° To save: file name: teste.cmd, save as type is All Files, and Encoding as ANSI

However, it did not execute. Is it correct that way to save the executable?

Thanks again.

Best Regards.

[Jovani]

Any idea how to solve the problem?

[FJCC]

I made File.R in my Documents folder containing this code

library (ggplot2)
p <- ggplot (iris, aes (Sepal.Length)) + geom_histogram (bins = 10)
ggsave ('C:/Users/fxcampos/Documents/figure.pdf', p)
system ('open C:/Users/fxcampos/Documents/figure.pdf')

I then made a file called ExecFile.bat, also in my documents folder containing this command.

"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.6.2\bin\Rscript.exe" C:\Users\fjcc\Documents\File.R

Double clicking on that file makes the PDF and opens it in my PDF viewer. Is that what you want?

[Jovani]

It worked, thank you very much!