R: Read large text file

big_fread1 {bigreadr} | R Documentation

## Read large text file

### Description

Read large text file by splitting lines.

### Usage

    big_fread1(file, every_nlines, .transform = identity,
      .combine = rbind_df, skip = 0, ..., print_timings = TRUE)

### Arguments

`file` | Path to file that you want to read.
`every_nlines` | Maximum number of lines in new file parts.
`.transform` | Function to transform each data frame corresponding to each part of the `file`. Default doesn't change anything.
`.combine` | Function to combine results (list of data frames).
`skip` | Number of lines to skip at the beginning of `file`.
`...` | Other arguments to be passed to data.table::fread, excepted `input`, `file`, `skip`, `col.names` and `showProgress`.
`print_timings` | Whether to print timings? Default is `TRUE`.

### Value

A `data.frame` by default; a `data.table` when `data.table = TRUE`.

[Package bigreadr version 0.2.4 Index]