Error while creating file with special character

Asked Mar 09 '17 at 11:18

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I am writing to a file with special character.

fname<- "1,2-dioleoyl-GPC (18:1/18:1)*[media]"
cat(1,file=fname)

but I get following error:

Error in file(file, ifelse(append, "a", "w")) : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message: In file(file, ifelse(append, "a", "w")) : cannot open file '1,2-dioleoyl-GPC (18:1/18:1)*[media]': No such file or directory

How can I avoid such an error?

edited Mar 09 '17 at 11:21

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asked Mar 09 '17 at 11:18

man data

You expect the filename to be `1,2-dioleoyl-GPC (18:1/18:1)*[media]`? – rbm Mar 09 '17 at 11:25
Yes, it should be like this only. – man data Mar 09 '17 at 11:27
But you do realize that a filename cannot contain `*`, `:`, `/` characters? – rbm Mar 09 '17 at 11:28
See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/a/31976060/711269 – rbm Mar 09 '17 at 11:29
is there any way to manipulate filename as this is not generated by me they are already in system. – man data Mar 09 '17 at 11:31
There is no way such filename exists on the filesystem. Where are you getting these names from / what system produces them? – rbm Mar 09 '17 at 11:36

Error while creating file with special character

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