R: Read text lines from a file

read_lines {brio} | R Documentation

## Read text lines from a file

### Description

The file is assumed to be UTF-8 and the resulting text has its encoding set as such.

### Usage

    read_lines(path, n = -1)

### Arguments

`path` | A character string of the path to the file to read.
`n` | integer. The number of lines to read. A negative number means read all the lines in the file.

### Details

Both '\r\n' and '\n' are treated as a newline.

### Value

A UTF-8 encoded character vector of the lines in the file.

### Examples

    authors_file <- file.path(R.home("doc"), "AUTHORS")
    data <- read_lines(authors_file)

[Package brio version 1.1.2 Index]