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GEO data retrieve and analyasis

I have download a dataset from GEO i.e in TAR file format. I don't know how to open that data in R.

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updated by Ram Ram • written by sainiisha22 • sainiisha22

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Use the function untar in R

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written by Benn Benn

Extract the contents of the tar file first?

tar -xzf "filename.tar.gz"

And this is not a bioinformatical question. A simple google search of 'tar files' would've explained it.

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updated by Sukhi Singh Sukhi Singh • written by Jenez Jenez

Does that work in R?

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written by Benn Benn

It's bash command line. I was questioning why not just extract the .tar before attempting to process it

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written by Jenez Jenez

I know, but the question was how to open in R right?

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written by Benn Benn

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