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rscript: Display R version.
$ Rscript --version
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The command "Rscript --version" is used to display the version of Rscript, which is a command-line interface for executing R scripts.

When you execute this command in the command-line or terminal, it will return the version number of Rscript that is installed on your system. This information can be useful for troubleshooting or verifying if you have the correct version of Rscript installed.

For example, the output might look like:

R scripting front-end version 4.0.3 (2020-10-10)

This indicates that the installed version of Rscript is 4.0.3, and it was released on October 10th, 2020.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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