For the record, this is Linux R-devel: root@4bef68c16864:~# R CMD /opt/R-devel/lib/R/bin/Rcmd: 60: shift: can't shift that many root@4bef68c16864:~# R CMD -h /opt/R-devel/lib/R/bin/Rcmd: 62: exec: -h: not found root@4bef68c16864:~# R CMD --help /opt/R-devel/lib/R/bin/Rcmd: 62: exec: --help: not found
This is R-release on macOS: ❯ R CMD /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/Rcmd: line 62: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/: is a directory /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/Rcmd: line 62: exec: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/: cannot execute: Undefined error: 0 ❯ R CMD -h /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/Rcmd: line 62: exec: -h: invalid option exec: usage: exec [-cl] [-a name] file [redirection ...] ❯ R CMD --help /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/Rcmd: line 62: exec: --: invalid option exec: usage: exec [-cl] [-a name] file [redirection ...] On Windows you indeed get a useful list of commands and more helpful tips. Gabor On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 11:36 PM Abby Spurdle <spurdl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > First time posting in the R mailing lists so hopefully this works well. > > I noticed when I type `R CMD` I get this unhelpful message: > > /usr/lib/R/bin/Rcmd: 60: shift: can't shift that many > > I wasn't able to reproduce this. > Maybe it's a Linux thing. > But then, I suspect you've omitted some of your input. > > > I also think it would be nice if `R CMD help` showed the usable commands. > > What do you mean... > All of the following give you the "usable commands": > > > R CMD > > R CMD -h > > R CMD --help > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
