Can I invoke linux shell commands in a R session?

Question

I am using RStudio and at times I want to remove some files in the working directory (eg, previously generated .csv files).

It is quite inconvenient to frequently switch to bash and execute rm . Is there any way of invoking commands in the R console?

Answer 1

See here Use system (or shell) as agstudy's comment says

eg system("pwd")

Answer 2

If you are just removing files, rather than executing arbitrary commands on the shell, you would be better off following Thomas's suggestion:

?file.remove

Using this function instead of shell("rm example.csv") is safer and more portable.