Guess Metadata about a Text File

guess_file_metadata(file, n_first_rows = 1000, ...)

Arguments

file	path to text file
n_first_rows	number of first rows of `file` from which to guess the meta information.
...	further arguments passed to `fakin.path.app:::read_lines`, such as `fileEncoding`

data frame with columns

paths: does the file seem to contain path information, i.e. were slashes or backslashes found?
forbidden: does the file contain characters that are forbidden in file paths?
header: does the file seem to contain a header row?
windows: are the paths given in "windows"-style, i.e. are the path segments separated by backslash?
sep: column separator guessed
ncol: number of columns guessed

and attributes

file: a copy of the file path given in file
first_rows: first n_first_rows rows of file
columns (optional): column headers if the file is assumed to contain a header row