[R] how to get list of files within a particular local file folder

[peter dalgaard]

On Jul 4, 2012, at 15:24 , Ajay Ohri wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> Say I can use getwd() and setwd() to change my working directory. How can I
> read in all the files within that directory using command line (like a ls()
> but for the path specified)

Something like 

all <- lapply(list.files(), read.table)

?

-pd

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> 
> Ajay
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