save()
writes a binary representation of objects to a file. In order to write an ASCII representation, use dump() or dput(). df <- data.frame ( foo = 1:10, bar = LETTERS[1:10] ) save(df, file="./saved.Rdata") rm(df) load('./saved.Rdata') df # foo bar # 1 1 A # 2 2 B # 3 3 C # 4 4 D # 5 5 E # 6 6 F # 7 7 G # 8 8 H # 9 9 I # 10 10 J