Something like
files <- list.files()
groups <- unique(substr(files, 1, 7))
for(goup in groups) {
zip(paste0(group, ".zip"), grep(group, files, value=TRUE))
}
should get you started.
Best,
Ista
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 3:34 PM, mr_kirkwood <rkirk...@uwyo.edu> wrote:
> I have thousands of files that need to be zipped. The files that need to be
> zipped together have the same seven digit prefix e.g. 40111h1.
>
> I am a novice at R-Studio and would appreciate some help on this matter.
>
> Thanks!
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