Question

How can I open my getwd() folder directly from the R console? This is useful if I want to see something I’ve recently just exported there. A google search has revealed nothing and I don’t have the capability to build a function.

Answer 1

If you actually want a file browser you could create a function to open the directory. This is done differently based on the operating system you’re using but this should cover most bases

opendir <- function(dir = getwd()){
    if (.Platform['OS.type'] == "windows"){
        shell.exec(dir)
    } else {
        system(paste(Sys.getenv("R_BROWSER"), dir))
    }
}

If you don’t need it to be cross platform you can reduce it down to just the code for your OS. But if you just want to view the files in a given directory then using dir should be good enough.