open (not run) and edit a R script from Rstudio console

Question

Is it possible to open (not run using source) a R script for editing from the console of R studio or R command line

Answer 1

You can open a file for editing with edit, e.g.,

edit(file = "test.R")

See help("edit") for more information, in particular regarding different editors.

Answer 2

This is a nice command to edit an r script:

file.edit('foo.R')