As the example, if you create a new R markdown file and save it as 'test'. Can one then run or deploy this test.Rmd file from within a normal R script. The purpose being to generate the output in HTML, without having to open the .Rmd file.
I'm hoping to create one master file to do this for many markdown files in one go; which would save considerable time as you then don't have to open many markdown files and wait for each one to complete.
You are looking for rmarkdown::render().
---
title: "Untitled"
output: html_document
---
```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```
## R Markdown
This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see <http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com>.
When you click the **Knit** button a document will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this:
```{r cars}
summary(cars)
```
# provided test.Rmd is in the working directory
rmarkdown::render("test.Rmd")
cwd_rmd_files <- list.files(pattern = ".Rmd$")
lapply(cwd_rmd_files, rmarkdown::render)
Thanks the-mad-statter, your answer was very helpful. The issue I faced, required me to prepare markdown dynamically. By adapting your code, that's easily possible:
---
title: "Untitled"
output: html_document
---
The chunk below adds formatted text, based on your inputs.
```{r text, echo=FALSE, results="asis"}
cat(text)
```
The chunk below uses your input in as code.
```{r results}
y
```
in_text <- c("**Test 1**", "*Test 2*")
in_y <- 1:2
lapply(1:2, function(x) {
text <- in_text[[x]]
y <- in_y[[x]]
rmarkdown::render(input = "test_dyn.rmd", output_file = paste0("test", x))
})
Like this you can create files with different text and different variables values in your code.