Issue when reading a table into R

I was reading a table into R, and when trying to retrieve it the following
message appeared:

[ reached getOption("max.print") -- omitted 469376 rows ]

Does this mean that R left out 469376 rows? Or R is taking those 469376
rows as well and the limitation is only for printing purposes?

Paul,

   I see this message when I look at the contents of a data frame that is
very large. The data are all there but there is a limit to the number of
rows that will be 'printed' to the display.

   If you use the str() function you'll see the number of rows as well as
descriptions of the column contents.

HTH,

Rich