Guess Metadata about a Text File
guess_file_metadata(file, n_first_rows = 1000, ...)path to text file
number of first rows of file from which to guess
the meta information.
further arguments passed to
readLinesWithEncoding, 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