print vs. echo in R

r echo batch-processing rscript
Wilmer E. Henao picture Wilmer E. Henao · Apr 16, 2014 · Viewed 18.6k times · Source

I'm running a batch process using Rscript. I would like to print messages to screen just like "echo" does in bash. So I use the function "print".

The problem is that print's output does not go to the screen. It goes to the log file instead. Anybody knows what's the equivalent of echo in R?

Answer

Custodio picture Custodio · Feb 9, 2015

As Thomas pointed out on the comments...

message ("Print this on the screen")

For more info you can check the message documentation

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