Thanks! I'm using Mac 10.6.2. This did it: ~/Documents > cat test.r #! /usr/bin/Rscript --vanilla --default-packages=utils
suppressMessages(require(Hmisc)) suppressMessages(require(gsubfn)) a <- 1:100 print(a) ~/Documents > Rscript test.r > /dev/null ~/Documents > -J 2010/1/3 Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk>: > On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, johannes rara wrote: > >> How can I suppress ALL output when running Rscript in Terminal? >> >> ~/Documents>Rscript test.r > > Rscript test.r >& /dev/null > > or equivalent in your shell. But note that Rscript produces no output > itself: > > tystie% touch test.r > tystie% Rscript test.r > tystie% > > so anything you see is created by your script. If your script produces > output you do not want, the problem lies in your script. Depending how it is > doing it, consider functions like invisible(), sink() and > suppressMessages(). > >> I tried options --slave, --vanilla with no success. I get these > > --slave is the default for Rscript: use Rscript --verbose to see what it is > doing (see ?Rscript). > >> Loading required package: methods >> ..etc.. > > (That one is because you did not specify methods as part of the initial > package list: see ?Rscript.) > >> and other output as well. >> >> -J >> >>> sessionInfo() >> >> R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) >> i386-apple-darwin8.11.1 >> >> locale: >> fi_FI.UTF-8/fi_FI.UTF-8/C/C/fi_FI.UTF-8/fi_FI.UTF-8 >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] grid splines stats graphics grDevices utils >> datasets methods base >> >> other attached packages: >> [1] ggplot2_0.8.3 reshape_0.8.3 plyr_0.1.9 proto_0.3-8 >> Hmisc_3.7-0 survival_2.35-7 >> >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >> [1] cluster_1.12.1 lattice_0.17-26 >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.