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Message-ID: <4E9B9038.6050508@xtra.co.nz>
Date: 2011-10-17T02:17:28Z
From: Rolf Turner
Subject: Opening Screen
In-Reply-To: <CAFS2uP+kuctfgdP_zX+M19txhyiSDeRv6G6V8aFipEh3VaBHbQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 17/10/11 12:12, Matt Curcio wrote:
> Greetings All,
> What is the procedure to make the open screen for R silent.  I would
> to have my opening screen in Ubuntu 10.04 linux open to an empty
> terminal.  Instead of the list of licenses and version of R that is
> being run.  By the way, I am using RStudio as well.  I have entered
> the following lines into my '/home/user/.Rprofile' but this is more of
> a 'cheat' ;) to me.
>
> .First<- function(){
>   cat(rep("\n",10))
> }

If you are starting from the command line, type

     R -q  # q for quiet.

On my (Ubuntu) system ``man R'' tells me this.

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner